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Chinese Affairs from July, 1959 to March, 1960. He has served as Commissioner
of Labour and as Acting Secretary for Chinese Affairs in addition on a number
of occasions since June, 1955. He served as an Official Member of Legislative
Council on a number of occasions and was appointed an Official Member of
Executive Council in 1961.
The Hon. T.D. Sorby
Mr. Terence Dare. Sorby is Director of Commerce and Industry and has
been appointed an Official Member of the Legislative Council during the
absence on leave of the Honourable D.R. Holmes, C.B.E., M.C. Mr. Sorby came
to Hong Kong in November, 1945 as a Major in the Civil Affairs Unit of the
British Military Administration. On demobilisation, he joined the Hong Kong
Civil Service as a Cadet Officer in July, 1946, and served first in the
Establishment Office of the Colonial Secretariat and then in the Labour
Department. He attended the Joint Services Staff College from August, 1950
to March, 1951. Returning to Hong Kong, he served in the Finance Branch of
the Colonial Secretariat until appointed an Assistant Director of Commerce
and Industry in April 1953, continuing in this post with brief intermissions
until July, 1959. In August 1955 he went to Canada on a United Nations
fellowship to study industrial development and trade promotion techniques.
He was a member of the Hong Kong trade mission to the Caribbean countries in
1958, and was an official delegate to the Frankfurt and Viera trade fairs,
Mr. Sorby served in the Establishment Office during 1960 and 1961 until
appointed Deputy Economic Secretary in April of that year, when he was also
promoted to Administrative Officer, Staff Grade B, On return from leave in
March, 1963 he was appointed Commissioner of Labour until transferred to the
Commerce and Industry Department as Deputy Director in October, 1963.
served as official representative on the Government Trade Mission to the
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