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A development of immediate interest,
although one which is quite separate from those which I have just described, is the creation of a new post of Secretary (General Duties) located in the Chief Secretary's Office, to provide support and assistance
to you, Sir, and myself in dealing with additional
work arising from the talks on the future of Hong Kong.
As Members will have seen from the press release and Gazette Notice published last Friday, the officer appointed to fill this post is Mr L.M. Davies, who will not now be going to the post of Commissioner for Narcotics as previously announced. The new Commissioner for Narcotics will be Mr G. L. Mortimer.
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Associated with the re-organisation of policy branch schedules which I have described, but also necessary in its own right, a short and medium-term postings plot has been developed on the basis of the general principle that there is an optimum period for service in any post, particularly a senior one; and regard has been had to the open directorate concept and the importance of making the administrativisation of the directorate staff of the former Trade, Industry and Customs Department a reality by cross-postings. All these postings will be announced in a series of press statements and internal circulars, in due course,
Future of Hong Kong
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Understandably, for it is such a vital subject, many Members devoted a great deal of attention to the question of the future in their interventions in the
debate.
They did so with a strong sense of
subject.
responsibility, realising that it is also a sensitive
As Members bring to this Council a profound knowledge of the concerns and aspirations of this community, I can assure them that their advice will not go unheeded.
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