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HKC.S

CONFIDENTIAL

STAFF IN CONFIDENCE

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 570

CONFIDENTIAL STAFF IN CONFIDENCE

OF 251114Z FEBRUARY 92

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HKA 431/1

A3/2 TOP COPY

QCT?

YOUR TELNO 270: APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF AUDIT.

107677

MDHIAN 4349

1. WE INTEND TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE AT 1600 HOURS LOCAL TIME ON 26 FEBRUARY:

''THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MR. B.G. JENNEY WILL SUCCEED MR. R.J. HUTT AS DIRECTOR OF AUDIT. MR. HUTT WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE ON 5 MARCH 1992. BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON BOTH OFFICERS ARE ANNEXED.

2. MR. JENNEY HAS WORKED IN THE FINANCE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT SINCE 1974. HE HAS AN EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF GOVERNMENT'S FINANCIAL OPERATIONS, AND HIS EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE WILL ASSIST THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT IN ITS EXPANDING ROLE IN MONITORING THE GOVERNMENT'S FINANCES.

MR. R.J. HUTT, OBE, JP

AGED 56. MR. HUTT JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS AN AUDITOR IN 1958. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR AUDITOR IN SEPTEMBER 1971, TO PRINCIPAL AUDITOR IN OCTOBER 1976, TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AUDIT IN JULY 1980 AND TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AUDIT IN JULY 1984. HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR IN DECEMBER 1988. ON HIS RETIREMENT, MR. HUTT WILL HAVE COMPLETED 33 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

MR. B.G. JENNEY

AGED 56 AND A CONTRACT OFFICER. MR. JENNEY SERVED IN TANZANIA FROM 1958 TO 1969, BEFORE HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN DECEMBER 1969. HE WAS PROMOTED TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE 'C' ON 1 APRIL 1974 AND APPOINTED PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN THE FINANCE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT ON 1 APRIL 1981. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN OCTOBER 1987.''

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