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M.B.E. (Member Order of the British Empire)

Mr. Victor SO Yun-lau, B.E.M.

Mr. So is a senior volunteer officer in the Civil Aid Services

and over the last three years has been the Regional Commander for all

Civil Aid Services Units in Kowloon and New Territories. He enrolled as

a volunteer in 1954, and in 1963 was first promoted to officer status in

the Civil Aid Services Heavy Rescue Service.

As a volunteer officer his contribution to the safety of Hong

Kong is outstanding and he has set a very high standard of achievement.

M.B.E. (Member Order of the British Empire)

Mr. ONG Chung-chuan, J.P.

Mr. Wong has been active in community activities in Yuen Long since 1961. He is a successful businessman with interests in animal

feeds and fertilizers, farming, food products, restaurants and real estate.

He is the acknowledged leader of the 50,000 Chiu Chows in Yuen

Long; he was the founder of the Yuen Long Chiu Chow Clansmen's Association

in 1967 and has been Chairman since.

He has a long record of public service, in the Yuen Long Chamber

of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce Primary School and the Yuen Long

Public Middle School. He was a Director of Pok Oi Hospital from 1961 to

1965, and was appointed to the Yuen Long District Advisory Board in 1977.

In youth activities he has been Chairman of the Yuen Long

District Summer Youth Activities Co-ordinating Committee, Vice-President

of the N.T. Schools Sports Association since 1976, and a member of the

Council for Recreation and Sport. He is Chairman of the Yuen Long District

Sports Association, a post which he has held for ten years.

/M.B.E.