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Common Market Countries and subsequently has acted as Director of Commerce
and Industry on two occasions during the absence of Mr. Holmes,
The Hon. J.T. Wakefield
Mr. James Tinker Wakefield is District Commissioner, New Territories.
He first arrived in Hong Kong in May, 1941 as a Lieutenant in the Royal
Engineers. In December of that year he was taken prisoner of war. and on the
liberation of the Colony in September, 1945 he served in the Civil Affairs
Unit of the British Military Administration with the rank of Captain.
was appointed Cadet Officer, Class II in March, 1947 and served as Assistant
District Officer, New Territories in April, 1947. The post was renamed
District Officer, South in March, 1948. In 1949, ho was appointed Acting
Social Welfare Officer and Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs. During
his leave in 1951, he studied the workings of the Singapore Improvement Trust
and was appointed Chief Resettlement Officer on his return to Hong Kong in
December, 1951. He was Registrar of Co-operatives and Director of Marketing
from April, 1954 until his appointment as Labour Officer in January, 1955.
He was appointed Chief Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs in July, 1956
and was promoted to Cadet Officer, Class I in April, 1957. He was promoted
to Administrative Officer, Staff Grade B in July, 1959 and, on his return
from leave in April, 1960, became Assistant Colonial Secretary (Lands). He
has been an Official Justice of the Peace since 1948.
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