EN CLAIR
HONG KONG
TELNO BIS 9
UNCLASSIFIED
TO
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
16 MAY 1969
BIS9 AAA MMM JJJ WRIGHT WILL TAKE OVER DUTIES OF
DIRECTOR HONGKONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON IN AUGUST THIS
YEAR PARA HE WILL SUCCEED PPP CCC MMM SEDGWICK PRESENT
DIRECTOR STOP SEDGWICK BE RETIRING SEPTEMBER FIRST NINETEEN
SIXTYNINE AFTER HANDNG OVER TO RIGHT PARA WRIGHT FORMERLY
DIRECTOR PUBLIC WORKS AT PRESENT ON LEAVE IN UNITED
KINGDOM STOP HE BEEN GRANTED EXTENSION OF SERVICE ABOUT THREE
YEARS IN ORDER TAKE UP NEW ASSIGNMENT PARA FOLLOWING IS
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON WRIGHT DIRECTOR DESIGNATE OF LONDON
OFFICE COLON ALEC MICHAEL JOHN WRIGHT WAS OFFICIAL MEMBER
OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM
NINETEEN SIXTY THREE TO MARCH TWENTYEIGHT NINETEEN SIXTYNINE
STOP HE FIRST APPOINTED ARCHITECT IN PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT DECEMBER SECOND NINETEEN THIRTYEIGHT
STOP HE PROMOTED CHIEF ARCHITECT IN DECEMBER NINETEEN
FIFTY AND HELD POST UNTIL OCTOBER NINETEEN
FIFTYSIX PARA HE APPOINTED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAME
YEAR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR THREE YEARS LATER STOP
HE BECAME DIRECTOR NINETEEN SIXTYTHREE PARA BORN HONGKONG
NINETEEN TWELVE WRIGHT IS THIRD GENERATION HIS
FAMILY TO SERVE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF COLONY STOP
HIS GRANDFATHER WHO WAS IN RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT
CAME HERE OVER EIGHTY YEARS
AGO SEMICOLON HIS FATHER AAA EEE WRIGHT WAS IN BUILDINGS
ORDINANCE OFFICE
WID IN RICH TRY No.51
16 MAY 1969
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