John J. Swaine
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Unofficial Member of Legislative Council since 1st September 1980.
Born 1932 (in Shanghai); JP (1975), OBE (1979).
Educated at St. Joseph's College, University of Hong Kong
and Cambridge.
Barrister, Q.C. (1975).
Wife Gwendoline and 5 children.
Has been Member of the Public Service Commission and the Inland Revenue Board of Review.
Chairman of the Medical Council's Review Sub-Committee.
On leaving University, John Swaine joined the Administrative Service, but later left to read for the Bar. An Eurasian, he is a widely respected member of the legal profession in Hong Kong. As a Queen's Counsel he is hard-working, thorough, sensible and highly persuasive. In this he perseveres through very regular attacks of severe migraine headaches which cause him a great deal of pain. As a man he is quiet and soft-spoken. He is easy-going, however, and very approachable, though he can hold firmly to his views once his mind is made up.
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