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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 794 OF 28 JUNE 1978-

YOUR TELNO 486: HONG KONG APPOINTMENTS.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WERE INFORMED YESTERDAY. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF

THE PROPOSED PRESS RELEASE :-

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

HAS TODAY ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENTS OF SIR DENYS ROBERTS AS

CHIEF JUSTICE AND MR JACK CATER AS CHIEF SECRETARY.

2. SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON WILL SUCCEED MR CATER AS COMMISSIONER, ICAC. SIR DONALD WILL BE REPLACED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC. SERVICES COMMISSION BY MR IAN LIGHTBODY, WHO IS CURRENTLY THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION.

3. SIR DENYS ROBERTS WILL GO ON LEAVE ABOUT THE END OF SEPTEMBER

THIS YEAR AND MR JACK CATER WILL THEN TAKE OVER AS CHIEF SECRETARY

4. AFTER HIS LEAVE, SIR DENYS WILL SPEND SOME TIME STUDYING THE ORGANISATION OF COURTS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES BEFORE TAKING OVER FROM SIR GEOFFREY BRIGGS, THE PRESENT CHIEF JUSTICE, ON SIR GEOFFREY'S RETIREMENT IN 1979.

5. SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON WILL BECOME COMMISSIONER, ICAC, EARLY IN JULY, WHEN MR CATER GOES ON LEAVE. THE COMMISSIONER WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNOR.

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