Thursday, January 1, 1976
C.B.E. (Commander Order of the British Empire)
Mr. PAO Yue-kong, J.P.
Mr. Pao has built up World Wide Shipping Ltd. to a stage where it has the largest independent shipping fleet in the world and is still expanding.
He has also established an excellent training school for his apprentice seamen,
Mr. Pao is now a considerable international figure, on the board of
leading banks and companies in the U.K., U.S., Japan, Hong Kong and elsewhere.
His knowledge and international prestige, and the help he is always willing
to give the Hong Kong Government in its international dealings, have represented
a very special and valuable contribution.
O.B.E. (M) (Officer Order of the British Empire) (Military)
Lieutenant Colonel John Rule Heywood,' E.D., J.P.
Lt. Col. Heywood, Commanding Officer of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment,
has given unstintingly of his own time and energies to the advancement of the
Regiment.
He took over command in 1973 and is the first Volunteer to lead
the kegiment in 20 years. Under his command there has been a realistic change
in the role of the Regiment which he has both advocated and implemented while
maintaining a high standard of morale and efficiency. His decisive and effect- ive leadership has resulted in a highly efficient Regiment. He will relinquish
command in April 1976.
/0.B.E.