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HONG KONG

PERSONALITIES

MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS

GOVERNOR:

Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench, G.C.M.G., M.C.

Governor and President of the Executive and Legislative Councils.

Born 1915:

Appointed to Colonial Service (British Solomon Islands) 1938: War Service as Lt. Col. in the Far East: awarded M. C. and U. S.

Legion of Merit: Secretary to the Government, British Solomon Islands, 1947-1950: Deputy Financial Secretary, Hong Kong 1956: Commissioner for Labour 1957:

Deputy Colonial Secretary 1959

High Commissioner for Western Pacific 1961: Appointed Governor of Hong Kong, April, 1964.

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Lieut-General Sir Richard Erskine Ward KCB DSO MC

Commander

British Forces

Royal Tank Corps: 1968 Vice-Adjutant-General, Ministry of Defence: Appointed to Hong Kong 1970.

Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, K,C.M.G., 0.B.E., J.P. Colonial

Secretary

Born 1916: Indian Civil Service 1938-1948: Colonial Administrative Service 1949: Development Secretary, Nyasaland 1954: Secretary to the Treasury, Nyasaland 1960-1964, Malawi 1964-1965: H.M. Commissioner, Bechuanaland 1965-1966: Governor Seychelles and Commissioner British Indian Ocean Territory, 1967-1968: Appointed Colonial Secretary Hong Kong March 1969.

D.T.E. Roberts, C.B.E., Q.C.. J.P.

Attorney General

Born 1923: Crown Counsel Nyasaland, 1953: Attorney General Gibraltar 1960: Solicitor General Hong Kong 1962: Attorney General 1966.

D.R. Holmes, C.M.G., C.B.E., M.C., E.D., J.P.,

Born 1921: Cadet Hong Kong 1938: Secretary for Chinese Affairs 1966.

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