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TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1976.

DEATH OF FORMER DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY

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NEWS HAS BEEN RECEIVED OF THE DEATH IN 'DORSET YESTERDAY OF MR. MICHAEL DENYS ARTHUR CLINTON, C.M.G., G.M. J.P.

C.M.G., G.M. J.P., WHO RETIRED AS DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY LAST NOVEMBER AFTER A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. HE WAS 58.

MR. CLINTON IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, FOUR DAUGHTERS AND ONE SON.

BORN IN LONDON IN 1918, MR. CLINTON WAS EDUCATED AT BEAUMONT COLLEGE, WINDSOR, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, HE WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS HE WAS AWARDED THE GEORGE MEDAL TWICE - FIRST IN 1942 AND AGAIN IN 1943.

MR. CLINTON JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN 1946 AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. HE HAD WIDE EXPERIENCE IN THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT AND IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, ASSISTANT ESTABLISHMENT OFFICER AND DEPUTY ECONOMIC SECRETARY. MR. CLINTON WAS DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND ACTED AS FINANCIAL SECRETARY ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. HE BECAME DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY IN JANUARY. 1969 AND WAS MADE A COMPANION OF THE ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE IN 1971. IN NOVEMBER 1972, HE WAS MADE DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY (SPECIAL DUTIES), WORKING WITH THE MCKINSEY TEAM OF CONSULTANTS.

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