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Friday, June 1, 1973

He returned to the Government service as Director of Commerce and

Industry and represented Hong Kong in a series of important negotiations to

protect Hong Kong's textile industry.

C.B.E. (Commander Order of the British Empire)

The Honourable George Ronald Ross, 0.B.E,, J.P,

Mr. Ross is the Director of Deacon and Company Limited. He served

as a member of the Legislative Council from 1964 to 1968 and was appointed

a substantive member of the Executive Council in July last year.

He is chairman of the Standing Committee on Superscale Salaries

and has been President of the Boy Scouts Association since 1964.

He was appointed an Unofficial Justice of the Peace in 1964 and

was awarded the Officer Order of the British Empire (0.B.E.) in 1968.

C.B.E. (Commander Order of the British Empire)

Mr. Terence Dare Sorby, J.F.

Mr. Sorby became Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development

Council in 1970 following his retirement that same year from his post as

Director of Commerce and Industry,

During his four years of service in that post, he was largely

responsible for the expansion of the department and played a prominent role in

the setting up of the Trade Development Council, the Hong Kong Productivity

Centre and the Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation.

He joined the Hong Kong Government service in 1946 as an Administrative

Officer. He was first appointed to the Commerce and Industry Department in

1953 and was associated with that department for most of his 24 years with the

Government.

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