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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 50 OF 15 JANUARY, 1974
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REFERENCE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE SCOTT AND CHIEF EDUCATION ADVISER THORNTON OF OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION ON JOHN CANNING, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
2. CANNING WAS BORN ON 29.1.25. HE WAS APPOINTED TO HONG KONG AS
AN EDUCATION OFFICER ON 3.8.52. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER ON 16.11.58, TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ON 6.12.59, TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ON 5.6.67 AND TO HIS
PRESENT FOST ON 6.6.69.
3. CANNING HAS APPLIED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT ON PERSONAL AND COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS. AFTER HAVING CONSIDERED ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS CASE, HIS REQUEST HAS BEEN PROVISIONALLY APPROVED.
4. YOUR APPROVAL IS SOUGHT UNDER SECTION 6(AA) OF THE PENSIONS ORDINANCE, CAP. 89, FOR CANNING TO RETIRE PREMATURELY AT THE AGE OF 50 IN MARCH/APRIL 1975, AFTER HE HAS TAKEN ALL THE LEAVE DUE TO HIM, COMMENCING AT THE END OF AUGUST 1974.
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