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Friday, June 1, 1973
He returned to the Government service as Director of Commerce and
Industry and represented Hong Kong in a series of important negotiations to
protect Hong Kong's textile industry.
C.B.E. (Commander Order of the British Empire)
The Honourable George Ronald Ross, 0.B.E,, J.P,
Mr. Ross is the Director of Deacon and Company Limited. He served
as a member of the Legislative Council from 1964 to 1968 and was appointed
a substantive member of the Executive Council in July last year.
He is chairman of the Standing Committee on Superscale Salaries
and has been President of the Boy Scouts Association since 1964.
He was appointed an Unofficial Justice of the Peace in 1964 and
was awarded the Officer Order of the British Empire (0.B.E.) in 1968.
C.B.E. (Commander Order of the British Empire)
Mr. Terence Dare Sorby, J.F.
Mr. Sorby became Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development
Council in 1970 following his retirement that same year from his post as
Director of Commerce and Industry,
During his four years of service in that post, he was largely
responsible for the expansion of the department and played a prominent role in
the setting up of the Trade Development Council, the Hong Kong Productivity
Centre and the Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation.
He joined the Hong Kong Government service in 1946 as an Administrative
Officer. He was first appointed to the Commerce and Industry Department in
1953 and was associated with that department for most of his 24 years with the
Government.
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