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BACKGROUND NOTES
No. 2
PERSONALITIES
MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS
GOVERNOR:
Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench, K.C.M.G., M.C.
Born 1915:
Governor and President of the Executive and Legislative Councils.
Married.
Appointed to Colonial Service (British Solomon Islands) 1938:
War Service as Lt. Col. in the Far East: awarded M.C. and U.S. Legion of
Secretary to the Government, British Solomon Islands, 1947-1950: Deputy Financial Secretary, Hong Kong, 1956: Commissioner for Labour 1957:
Deputy Colonial Secretary 1959:
High Commissioner for Western Pacific 1961: Appointed Governor of Hong Kong, April, 1964.
OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Merit:
Lieutenant-General Sir John F. Worsley, K.B.E.,
C.B., M.C.
Born 1912: Married.
Commander British
Forces
Served N.W. Frontier, 1935-37: Middle East and S.E. Asia 1939-45: Joint Services Staff College 1951: Secretary Joint Planning Staff, Ministry of Defence, 1956-57: I.D.C. 1960: Commandant Staff College Camberley, 1963-66: Appointed to Hong Kong, June 1966.
David R. Holmes, C.B.E., M.C., E.D.
Born 1921: Married.
Acting Colonial Secretary
Appointed Cadet Hong Kong 1938: Commissioner for Resettlement 1954: District Commissioner for New Territories 1958: Director of Commerce and Industry 1962: Secretary for Chinese Affairs 1966.
Denys T.E. Roberts, 0.B.E., Q.C.
Born 1923.
Appointed Crown Counsel Nyasaland Solicitor General Hong Kong 1962:
Paul Ka-Cheung Tsui, M.B.E.
Born 1916.
Appointed Cadet Hong Kong 1948:
Attorney General
1953: Attorney General Gibraltar 1960:
Attorney General 1966.
Acting Secretary for Chinese Affairs
Senior administrative officer 1959:
Assistant Commissioner, Resettlement 1961:
/John J. Cowperthwaite,
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