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Counsel. In 1974 he was appointed to the Public Service
Commission and
has since served the Commission with distinction, acting as Chairman on
several occasions; in combining these duties with a busy practice (at
the expense of his leisure hours) he has at all times nade a critical
but constructive contribution to the Commission's work. In 1975 he was
made a Justice of the Peace and serves on the Inland Revenue Board of
Review and the Supreme Court Rules Committee.
0.B.E. (Officer Order of the British Mopire)
The Honourable Peter C. MONG, J.P.
Mr. Wong is a senior partner in a fini of solicitors and a
former president of the Law Society of Hong Kong. He has been a member
of the Legislative Council since 1976 and is a member on a number of
official boards and committees, including the Board of Review (Inland
Revenue), Lands Tribunal Panel and, most recently, the Public Accounts
Committee. He represents Hong Kong as Councillor and Member of the
Executive Committee of the Law Association for Asia and the Westem
Pacific and is honorary legal adviser to numerous social and charitable
institutions. Mr. Wong is well-known and respected in legal circles,
and his background and experience have enabled him to contribute usefully
to the deliberations of Legislative Council.
1.5.0. (Imperial Service Order)
Mr. Talbot Henry BASHALL
Mr. Bashall first joined the Hong Kong Government in 1953 as
a Prison Officer Class I, and served in the Prisons Department for over
16 years, during which time he was promoted to Principal Officer and
Chief Officer, In 1969, he was transferred from the Prisons Department
to the Urban Services Department to head the Hawker Control Force as its
Commandant. With great determination, he re-established the Force as an
effective means of controlling hawkers. He is now working in the Security
'Branch of the Government Secretariat.
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