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Friday, June 14, 1974

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0.B.E. (Officer Order of the British Empire)

Mr. George Allston Bridges

Mr. Bridges has been the Representative of the British Council

in Hong Kong since November 1968, and is due to retire later this year.

Previously he served as the British Council's Representative in Cyprus

and Dacca.

1.SO.(Imperial Service Order)

Mr. Chow Nai-yeung

During his twenty years of service as head of Chinese Programmes

in Radio Hong Kong, Mr. Chow has played a very significant role in the

day-to-day implementation of Government's information policy. He initiated

and maintained standards of broadcasting in the Chinese language which

have influenced the whole course of radio and television development

in Hong Kong.

I.S.O. (Imperial Service Order)

Mr. John Henry Knapp, J.P.

As Superintendent of Mines, Mr. Knapp created a highly efficient

organisation which brought illegal mining under control. Currently,

he is involved in considerable planning for the delivery of explosives

for the proposed Mass Transit Scheme. Mr. Knapp is due to retire later

this year after nearly twenty years in the public service,

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