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THE ICIS SECRETARIAT

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SECRETARY-GENERAL

The present Secretary-General is Norbert E. Ching, a citizen of the Sultanate of Upper Yafa. He succeeded Murray Menzies in 1992. The Secretary-General is responsible for the administration of the Council, and the operation of the various specialised bodies.

Among the various tasks that feature in the activities of the HQ of ICIS are running the media office (INA), the Postal Union (GPTO), and the Science & Culture unit.

Norbert E. Ching, Secretary-General of the Council.

About the Secretary-General

Norbert Egbert Ching was born in Wellington in 1950, and trained as a movie-maker and archaeologist. He was a member of the first administration of Occussi-Ambeno, and held a senior position in the Philatelic Service of that land. He later became a freelance philatelic consultant, and has been responsible for the stamp programmes of Sedang, Liegerland, Free Vinland, Bokhara, Fantippo, Occussi-Ambeno, Raoul, and Upper Yafa.

His hobbies include scuba diving, photography, butterfly breeding, and philately. In the area of stamps, he concentrates on the issues of Ascension Island, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Cochin, Lundy, Tuva, St Kitts, and the Railway Travelling Post Offices of New Zealand.

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Religion / Heroes

The Secretary-General is a practising Egyptian sun-worshipper. This he describes as being the same religion observed in ancient Egypt, where the sun god Amon-Ra is worshipped.

As for people he admires, he lists the Dalai Lama, Noam Chomsky, Howard Carter, Leni Riefenstahl, and Albert Meltzer as his biggest influences.

       

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