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CONFIDENT I AL

TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 696 OF 27 JUNE.

VACANCY FOR DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

CONSEQUENT UPON MR K.W.J. TOPLEY'S APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN AUGUST 1974, AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A VACANCY IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (DEPARTMENTALLY KNOWN

AS DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE) WILL ARISE. ACTION IS BEING TAKEN TO CREATE A DEPARTMENTAL POST OF DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, HELD AGAINST THIS VACANCY, IN ORDER THAT IT MAY BE FILLED BY THE PROMOTION OF A DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER.

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2. ON PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION'S ADVICE, I RECOMMEND THE PROMOTION

OF MR THOMAS LEE CHUN-YON, THE ONLY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE

TO THE RANK OF DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF MR TOPLEY'S APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. THE EFFECTIVE DATE WILL BE NOTIFIED IN DUE COURSE.

3. MR LEE, BORN ON 6 SEPTEMBER 1923, IS 50 YEARS OF AGE. HIS QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE ARE AS FOLLOWS

(A) QUALIFICATIONS

B.A. (HONS), LONDON UNIVERSITY 1962:

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK (FIRST CLASS HONS), UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA, 1965:

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA, 1967.

(B) EXPERIENCE

(1) ASSISTANT PROBATION OFFICER

(1) PROBATION OFFICER

(111) SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER I

10.9.52

1.9.57

1.7.59

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(IV) PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER

1.6.63

(V) SENIOR PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER

15.5.67

(VI) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE

5.8.70.

(VII) DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE

18.9.71.

4. MR LEE'S PERFORMANCE AT THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF HIS APPOINTMENTS HAS BEEN SATISFACTORY. HE IS CLEARLY AN OFFICER OF ABILITY AND HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS SUITABILITY FOR THE POST OF DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN MINOR CRITICSM OF HIS LACK OF FORCEFULNESS IN DEALING WITH PEOPLE AND SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.

5. I AM SATISFIED THAT MR LEE IS FULLY SUITABLE FOR THE POST OF

DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR APPROVAL,

BY TELEGRAM, OF HIS PROMOTION,

ROBERTS

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