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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ALSO SPENT MORE THAN A YEAR HERE FROM NOVEMBER 1962 TO DECEMBER 1963 ON REGIMENTAL DUTIES WITH THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS. HIS LAST VISIT TO HONG KONG WAS IN JUNE 1979.
BORN ON OCTOBER 9, 1935, HE WAS EDUCATED AT ETON AND AT LE ROSE Y IN SWITZERLAND. ON LEAVING SCHOOL IN 1953 HE DECIDED TO MAKE THE ARMY HIS CAREER.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, SANDHURST, IN 1955 AND JOINED THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS. HE SERVED WITH HIS REGIMENT AT HOME AND OVERSEAS, AND ATTENDED THE ARMY STAFF COLLEGE COURSE, CAMBERLEY, IN 1966.
HE SUBSEQUENTLY HELD A STAFF APPOINTMENT AT EASTERN COMMAND HEADQUARTERS IN ENGLAND AND IN 1970 TOOK COMMAND OF A SQUADRON OF HIS REGIMENT SERVING IN CYPRUS AS PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS FORCE.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS RETIRED FROM THE ARMY AT HIS OWN REQUEST IN APRIL 1976 TO TAKE UP THE APPOINTMENT OF VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE BOARD.
AS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOTB, THE DUKE HAS BECOME THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY AFFAIRS OF BRITISH INDUSTRY. HE SHOULDERS WIDE RESPONSIBILITIES, REPRESENTING THE BOARD BOTH OVERSEAS PROMOTING EXPORTS AND AT FREQUENT MEETINGS WITH BRITISH BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL FIRMS.
IN JUNE 1961, THE DUKE MARRIED MISS KATHARINE WORSLEY IN YORK MINSTER, THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN.
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LABOUR LAW OFFENCES ****
OF THE 878 PROSECUTIONS TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS, 862 RESULTED IN CONVICTION, WITH FINES TOTALLING $829 000.
MOST OF THE CASES CONCERNED BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAK INGS ORDINANCE AND ITS VARIOUS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS, THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS.
CASES CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS TOTALLED 308, WITH $482 950 IN FINES. THESE INCLUDED 180 CASES (WITH $258 850 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAK INGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 58 CASES (WITH $143 100 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
CASES RELATING TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS TOTALLED 463, WITH $256 725 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 20 CASES WERE RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $14 050 IN FINES.
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