TNAG-0211-FCO40-247-Reorganisation-of-Hong-Kong-Government-Office-in-London-1969 — Page 16

Draft Press Release for issue via UNS and PA at 10.00 hours on

Wednesday, 20 August, 1969.

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The Government of Hong Kong today announced that after

consultation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office it has

decided that the various Hong Kong Government agencies in London

should be co-ordinated in one organisation under the control of the head of the Hong Kong Gout. More here) to future)

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e senior official. This officer wil

Administrative Commissioner for the Government of Hong Kong in

London.

The position is at present held by Mr. P. C. M. Sedgwick,

C", who was appointed head of the Hong Kong Government Office

four

here three years ago after holding a number of senior posts in

the Hong Kong Government. He is due to retire at the end of this

month and will be succeeded as Administrative Commissioner by

Mr. A. M. J. Wright, CMO, until recently Director of Public Works

in the Colony.

The Hong Kong Government Agencies in London which are affected

by this reorganisation are the Hong Kong Students Office and the

Hong Kong Chinese Liaison Office, both at present located at

Abbey House, Victoria Street; and Hong Kong House, a residential

hotel and club for Hong Kong students, at Lancaster Gate.

The office will control and co-ordinate the activities of

the various agencies and will continue to liaise with those Departments of Her Majesty's Government which deal with matters disseminate of concern to the Colony It will also continue to co-ordinate

information on Hong

Kong

the Hong Kong Government's public relations activities in Britain

and to advise the Hong Kong Government on commercial and

industrial developments in this country.

Trade promotion will remain the responsibility of the Hong

/Kong