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community, notably the Amateur Sports Federation and the St. John Ambulance

Brigade.

MR. A.E.P. GRIMMO, I.S.0. (Civil)

Mr. Grimmo has rendered sterling service to Hong Kong by his untiring

efforts in training personnel for the laboratory services and by his skill in

preparing vaccines which would otherwise have had to be purchased from abroad,

He did exceptional work during the successive outbreaks of cholera since 1961.

WARRANT OFFICER M. MITCHELL-GEARS, M.B.E. (Military)

Warrant Officer Mitchell-Gears has for two years carried out duties

very much in excess of those he might expect to meet as a Warrant Officer II.

He has shouldered these responsibilities with complete success, displaying

great technical ability and humanity, and has been an inspiration to those

around him by his willingness to help, his humour and his example.

MAJOR R.F. WILKES, M.B.E. (Military)

Major Wilkes is the principal administrative staff officer at Garrison

Headquarters, and in this capacity he administers over 30 units and other

installations. During the severe drought in 1963 he was responsible for

organising water supplies to military units. He has performed his duties in

an invaluable and most loyal way, working long hours far beyond the normal calls

of duty.

MR. E.J.M.A. BOWER, M.B.E. (Civil)

Mr. Bower, as Senior Marine Officer in charge of planning, was the

officer who carried the heaviest responsibility in the operation of the fleet

of tankers which drew water from the Pearl River during the severe drought of

1963.

MRS. J. GLOVER, M.B.E. (Civil)

Mrs. Glover has been Secretary and Housing Manager of the Hong Kong

Housing Society for ten years and has soen the number of persons housed by the

Society rise to over 40,000. She has helped to train local staff to carry out

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