CMG
1b
Mr Robin John Taylor MCLAREN
Mr McLaren was appointed as Political Adviser to
the Hong Kong Government in October 1981. He was previously head of the Far Eastern Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his distinguished service in that capacity has been recognised by this award,
CBE
Mr Henry CHING, JP
Mr Ching joined the Hong Kong Government as an Adminis- trative Officer in 1961, He served in various posts, including a short spell in Finance Branch, before becoming Principal Assistant Financial Secretary in 1973. He acted as Deputy Financial Secretary on several occasions from 1974 thereafter and continuously from 1977 before being appointed substantive Deputy Financial Secretary in 1979. He has also acted as Financial Secretary from time to time since 1977. He has thus headed Finance Branch and so been directly responsible for the management and control of the public finances effectively for the last five years in a period when the public sector has grown enormously in complexity and size. Mr Ching's firm and efficient management of the public finances has been a major factor in Hong Kong's healthy fiscal growth.