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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1993

THE HONOURABLE SIR DAVID FORD, KBE, LVO,

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AGED 58. SIR DAVID FORD JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1972 AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, VERY SOON AFTERWARDS BECOMING DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES. HE SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS COMMISSIONER, LONDON OFFICE FROM 1980 TO 1982. ON RETURNING TO HONG KONG HE BECAME DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND LATER SECRETARY FOR HOUSING. HE WAS SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE FROM 1985 TO 1986 AND HAS BEEN CHIEF SECRETARY SINCE EARLY 1987.

SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) A SERIES OF MOVEMENTS OF PERSONNEL AT SENIOR LEVELS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.

MR MICHAEL SZE CHO-CHEUNG, ISO, JP, WILL TAKE OVER AS SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 1, 1994.

MR NICHOLAS NG WING-FUI, JP, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR SZE AS SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS ON FEBRUARY 1, 1994.

MR YEUNG KAI-YIN, CBE, JP, HAS RESIGNED FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE AND WILL BE LEAVING THE GOVERNMENT AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

HAVING PREVIOUSLY INDICATED THAT HE INTENDED LEAVING, BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO TAKE UP AN APPOINTMENT IN THE PRIVATE WITH EFFECT FROM DECEMBER 1, 1993.

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MR HAIDER HT BARMA, ISO, JP, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR YEUNG SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT ON OCTOBER 1, 1993.

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MR ALBERT LAM CHI-CHIU, JP, WILL, ON HIS RETURN FROM THE TRAINING COURSE HE IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING IN BEIJING, TAKE OVER FROM MR BARMA IN MID-NOVEMBER 1993 AS DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES.

MR RICHARD HOARE, OBE, JP, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR NICHOLAS NG AS DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION IN JANUARY 1994.

MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, ISO, JP, WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF MARCH 1994.

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MR PETER LO YAT-PAI, JP, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR WILLIAMSON SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE AFFAIRS TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN BRUSSELS AT THE END OF MARCH 1994.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF THESE OFFICERS ARE:

/THE HONOURABLE