ANNEX B
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MR LUCE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: 24 TO 28 SEPTEMBER 1983
PERSONALITY NOTES
SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
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His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong
SIR EDWARD YOUDE GCMG MBE
Born 1924. Educated School of Oriental Studies, University of
London. RNVR 1943-46. Joined Foreign Office, 1947. Served in Nanking and Peking 1947-51, Peking 1951-56, 1960-62. Private
Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1969-70. Ambassador to China,
1974-78. Deputy Under-Secretary of State and Chief Clerk, FCO
Governor of Hong Kong from May 1982. Married to Pamela,
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1978-82.
two children.
SIR PHILIP HADDON- CAVE KBE CMG
Chief Secretary
Born Tasmania 1925. Educated in Australia. Served in Kenya 1953-63. Seychelles 1961-2. Joined Hong Kong Civil Service 1962. Appointed Financial Secretary 1971 and Chief Secretary 1981. Married to Betty, two sons and one daughter.
SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE KBE
Financial Secretary
Born South Africa 1925. Educated in UK. Army Service 1943-47. Company Executive and Chairman of John Swire and Sons Hong Kong Ltd until 1981. Member of Legislative Council from 1974 and Executive Council from 1977 before becoming Financial Secretary in 1981.
Married to Jacqueline, two sons and two daughters.
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