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SENIOR SERVICE PERSONNEL
DAVID BENJAMIN HIVES
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Commander, RAF Hong Kong.
Group Captain.
Born 1931. Joined RAF 1953. Postings include OC Flying Wing, RAF Ballykelly and RAF Gibraltar: Air Attaché at The Hague.
Was Deputy Director, Personnel Administration, MOD before assuming present post in April 1981.
ROBERT JOHN HODGES
Deputy Commander/Chief of Staff, British Forces, Hong Kong. Brigadier.
Born 1936. Commissioned 1956. Served with the Kings Own Border Regiment in Northern Ireland, Germany, Cameroons and Guyana.
Assumed his present post in June 1981.
FREDERICK ANTHONY COLLINS
Captain-in-Charge, Hong Kong. Captain.
Born 1933. Joined RN 1949. Postings include Commander, HMS Jaguar: Staff member Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich: Commander HMS Fearless. Director of Public Relations (Navy) MOD before assuming present post in June 1982.
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