New District Officer for Tai Po assumes office (with photo)
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     Mr Bassanio So Chek-leung will assume the post of District Officer (Tai Po) tomorrow (September 9), succeeding Mr Paul Cheng Ching-wan.

     Mr So joined the Administrative Service in 1991. He has served in various bureaux and departments including the former Security Branch, the former Industry Department, the former City and New Territories Administration, the former Finance Branch, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels, the former Constitutional Affairs Bureau, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Toronto and the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer.

     He was the Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Washington, DC before taking up the new post.

Ends/Sunday, September 8, 2013
Issued at HKT 10:01

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