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Kt. (Knight Bachelor)

BIRTHDAY HONOURS 1980

The Honourable Mr Justice Alan Armstrong HUGGINS

Mr Justice Huggins joined the Hong Kong judicial service.

as a magistrate in 1953 after serving as a magistrate in Uganda. He

was appointed a District Judge in 1958 and a Fuisne Judge in 1965; he

has been a Justice of Appeal since 1976.

CBE (Commander Order of the British Empire)

Mr Malcolm James ALEX,NDER, JP

Mr Alexander joined the Marine Department in 1954 and

has been its Director since 1977. Throughout the years, with the

growth of Hong Kong's economy and trade, he has worked for the development

and expansion of port and shipping facilities; his contribution has been

particularly noteworthy in Hong Kong's development as a container port

during the past decade.

CBE (Commander Order of the British Empire)

Mr Edward Hewitt NICHOLS, CBE

Mr Nichols joined the Hong Kong Government in 1959, after

12 years service in Sierra Leone and was appointed Director of agriculture

and Fisheries in 1966. In the years that followed the Department made

a significant contribution to the improvement of fresh food supplies

and took over responsibility for implementing the country parks

programme, and Mr Nichols himself contributed also to the work of the

Indo-Pacific Fishery Commission. Mr Nichols retired in 1980.

/CBE