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1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR NORMAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION OF
SENIOR DIRECTORATE POSTINGS, PLEASE NOTE THAT WE INTEND TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING AT 1600 HOURS ON TUESDAY 19 JUNE 1990:
MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, JP
COMMISSIONER FOR CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, WILL SUCCEED MR STEUART WEBB- JOHNSON AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, BRUSSELS WHEN THE LATTER RETIRES IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR. MR WILLIAMSON WILL SPEND SOME TIME FAMILIARISING HIMSELF WITH MATTERS HANDLED BY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S OVERSEAS OFFICES BEFORE TAKING OVER FROM MR WEBB- JOHNSON.
MR CLIVE OXLEY, ED, JP
DEPUTY SECRETARY (LANDS AND PLANNING) OF THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH, WILL SUCCEED MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON AS
COMMISSIONER FOR CUSTOMS AND EXCISE IN SEPTEMBER.
2. BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON MESSRS WILLIAMSON AND OXLEY ARE ANNEXED.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
PATRICK JOHN WILLIAMSON, JP
AGED 49. MARRIED WITH ONE SON AND ONE DAUGHTER. HE JOINED THE HONG
KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1964 AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN FEBRUARY 1971, TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE C IN MAY 1973, TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B IN APRIL 1978, TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1 IN SEPTEMBER 1986, AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN DECEMBER
1989. DURING HIS CAREER MR WILLIAMSON HAS HELD A VARIETY OF SENIOR
APPOINTMENTS INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY OF OMELCO FROM SEPTEMBER 1977 TO JANUARY 1979, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY FROM AUGUST 1982 TO AUGUST 1983, COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE
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