and highly effective member of the department for many years and, since his appointment in 1975, has done a first class job in charge of a large and complex department.
C.B.E. (Commander Order of the British Empire)
Mr. Keith Owen SHIPLEY, 0.2.2.
Mr. Shipley first served in Northern Rhodesia now Zambia from
1953 to 1971. Went to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as Establishment
Secretary in 1971 and, with the introduction of Ministerial Goverment
early in 1974, became Secretary to the Chief Minister and to the Cabinet;
he was involved in the planning of internal self-government and subsequently
independence for the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati). Joined the Hong Kong
administration in 1979 and is presently attached to the Standing Commission
on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service. Mr. Shipley was
awarded the 0.B.E. in 1972.
0.B.E. (Officer Order of the British Empire)
Mr. Gerald Arthur HARKNETT, Q.P.M., C.P.M.
Over a number of years in the Special Branch, Mr. Harknett built
up a well-deserved reputation as a police officer and administrator of
considerable ability and potential. He joined the Operations Department
of the Independent Commission Against Corruption at its inception in 1974,
first as Deputy Director and since early 1977 as Director. He has played
a large part in building up a first-class investigation unit which has
brought a thousand corruption cases to Court and revealed to all concerned
that corruption is no longer a low risk crime.
0.B.E. (Officer Order of the British Empire)
Mr. Thomas Victor HUNT
Mr. Hunt joined the overseas service of the British Bank of the
Middle East in September 1955. Until recently he was Area Manager of the
British Bank of the Middle East in Jordan. He is presently attached to
Group Head Office of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation in
Hong Kong
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