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Wednesday1 May 23, 1973

It contends that this would not only reduce the administrative

load but also enable faster response to public needs by speeding up the

decision making processes.

Note to Editors:

Copies of the report in both English

and Chinese are available for collection from

the G.I.S. Press room on the sixth floor of

Beaconsfield House.

THREE DESIGNATIONS FOLLOW REPORT

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Three senior government officers

gan pen

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Mr. Jack Cater, Mr. J.J. Robson

have been designated as secretaries in the new

and Mr. I.M. Lightbody

central government machine as envisaged in the McKinsey report.

Mr. Cater has been designated as Secretary for Home Affairs;

Mr. Robson as Secretary for the Environment;

for Housing.

and Mr. Lightbody as Secretary

A government spokesman said this afternoon that Mr. A.S. Robertson would

act as Director of Public Works once Mr. Robson assumed his new post.

Note to Editors:

Copies of photographs of the four men

will be boxed this evening.

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