TNAG-0363-FCO40-409-Appointments-of-senior-officers-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 85

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It should be noted that both candidatos topping the Whitehall short-list now are already in their carly fifties. Mr Cater turned 51 this month.

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The other top man considered 趄 candidate for the Colonial Secretary's post is Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Donald Luddington, who came to Hongkong in 1949 and, In his present job, has been closely concerned with the Chinese community 98 per cent of our population.

Mr Luddington, we learn, is leaving to take up the post of Resident Administrator in the Solomon Islands.

It is a widely-known and accepted fact that Hongkong badly needs to draw new blood into the administration. It would seem; however, that this need exists at other and in this case, more junior levels.

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