Sunday, December 30, 1979
ISC (Imperial Service Order)
Mr. Royson Vaughan Lindsay HATTON
Mr. Hatton has completed nearly 29 years service for the
Hong Kong Government, mostly with the Commerce and Industry (now Trade,
Industry and Customs) Department. He was appointed Assistant Commissioner
of the Customs and Excise Service in 1972.
In this role he is the day-to-day operational commander of
the Service. He has implemented the Hong Kong Government's continuing
policy of intensive enforcement activity against narcotics and more
latterly against copyright offences which had become a problem for
Hong Kong. In both fields the Service has achieved notable results.
In spite of the difficulties of the period in which he has been
Assistant Commissioner, the Service has achieved outstanding success
and an international reputation of high standing. This is very much...
as a result of Mr. Hatton's personal qualities.
ISO (Imperial Service Order)
Mr. John Dudley ROMER, MBE
Since his arrival in Hong Kong in 1946 with the British
Military Administration and his appointment in 1947 as Rodent Control
Officer, he has served in the Urban Services Department. He has been
Senior Pest Control Officer since 1971. He is Honorary Curator of
Mammals, Zoological and Botanical Gardens, where his personal interest
in his charges is pronounced. An authority on mammals and reptiles,
he has played a leading part in the Natural History Society and in
promoting a knowledge and love of wild animals in Hong Kong; his research
in his particular field has brought him many contacts throughout the
world. He was awarded an MBE in 1971.
/ISO