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Assistant. He served in the Royal Artillery from 1940 to 1946 and was taken

prisoner of war in Singapore. He was interned in various prison camps in

Malaya and Siam. After the war, he returned to Birmingham and was promoted

to the post of Senior Administrative Assistant. In 1949 he was appointed

Director of Education, Seychelles. From 1953 to 1957 he was Assistant

Director of Education in Uganda and in charge of secondary education and

then became Deputy Director of Education in Kenya. He was appointed Permanent

Secretary for Education in 1960. He was appointed Director of Education in

Hong Kong in December, 1963 and arrived in the Colony in January, 1964 to

take up his post. Ho is Chairman of the Board of Education, Member of the

Senate and Court of the University of Hong Kong, Member of the Council of the

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Member of the Advisory Council of the British

Red Cross, Member of the Council of St. John Ambulance Brigade, Chairman of

the Working Party on the Marsh/Sampson Report, Vice-Chairman of the Sir

Robert Black Trust Fund Committee, President of the Hong Kong Schools Music

Association, President of the Hong Kong Schools Sports Association, Vice-

President of the Boy Scouts Association, Patron of the Hong Kong Teachers

Association and Patron of the New Territories Schools Sports Association.

The Hon. J.J. Robson

Mr. James Jeavons Robson is Acting Director of Public Works and has

been appointed in Official Member of the Legislative Council during the

absence on leave of the Hon. A.M.J. Wright. He joined the Public Works

Department as an Engineer in May, 1946 after serving with the Royal Marines

during the War. He was appointed Acting Chief Engineer, Port Works Office in

November, 1946 and Acting Chief Engineer, Roads Office in February, 1956, He

was promoted Chief Engineer in December, 1956 and Assistant Director of Public

Works in November, 1961. He is a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers

and was recently elected a Council Member of the same Institution.

He is also

/an Associate