TNAG-1951-FCO40-2779-British-capital-investment-in-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 139

CONFIDENTIAL STAFF-IN-CONFIDENCE

CONFIDENTIAL

STAFF-IN-CONFIDENCE

FM BTC HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 68

OF 09103OZ FEBRUARY 89

IDI

074643

MDHIAN 1765

PERSONAL FOR MCLAREN, AUSS

MIPT: PETER HEAP

1.

FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF PROPOSED PRESS RELEASE:-

CHANGE OF SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER

REG HOLLOWAY, SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER IN HONG KONG AND

CONSUL GENERAL IN MACAO SINCE 1985, IS TO BE THE NEXT BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL IN LOS ANGELES. HE IS DUE TO LEAVE HONG KONG IN

MARCH AND TO TAKE UP HIS NEW APPOINTMENT IN MAY.

HIS SUCCESSOR IN HONG KONG AND MACAO WILL BE PETER HEAP, AT PRESENT

MINISTER AT THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION IN LAGOS.

MR HEAP, 53, WHO WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL, HAS BEEN MINISTER IN LAGOS FOR TWO YEARS. PREVIOUSLY HE WAS THE

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER IN THE BAHAMAS. HE JOINED THE FOREIGN SERVICE IN LONDON IN 1959. HE HAS ALSO SERVED IN DUBLIN, OTTAWA COLOMBO, NEW YORK AND CARACAS WHERE HE WAS COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR.

DURING HIS TOURS IN LONDON HE HAS SPENT TIME WITH THE MINISTRY OF

DEFENCE AND IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE DEPARTMENTS

DEALING WITH SOUTH EAST ASIA AND WEST AFRICA. HIS LAST

APPOINTMENT IN LONDON WAS AS HEAD OF ENERGY, SCIENCE AND SPACE DEPARTMENT.

MR HEAP IS MARRIED AND HAS FOUR CHILDREN FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.

MR HOLLOWAY, 56 CAME TO HONG KONG IN DECEMBER 1985 FROM TORONTO

WHERE HE HAD BEEN BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL FOR FOUR YEARS. HE HAS ALSO SERVED IN GUYANA, MALTA AND NEPAL AND IN THE FCO DEPARTMENTS DEALING WITH INFORMATION, EAST AFRICA AND SOUTH ASIA. FOR TWO YEARS

HE WAS A DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OVERSEAS INSPECTOR. BEFORE JOINING THE

FCO IN 1964 HE WAS A JOURNALIST IN BRITAIN AND EAST AFRICA. HIS

WIFE, ANNA, WAS ALSO A JOURNALIST. THEY HAVE ONE DAUGHTER.

IN LOS ANGELES MR HOLLOWAY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRITISH INTERESTS