BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: JOHN HENRY BREMRIDGE OBE - HONG KONG FINANCIAL SECRETARY (from June 1981)
Born in 1925 and educated at St John's College, Oxford.
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Before retiring from the private sector of Hong Kong, he was the
He was also Chairman Chairman of John Swire & Sons (Hong Kong) Ltd. of many other companies, Swire Pacific Ltd, Swire Properties Ltd, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company, Modern Terminals Ltd, and was on the Board of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and The South China Morning Post Ltd.
Mr Bremridge's appointment to The Executive and Legislative Councils and Committees of the Legislative Council expired on 1 December 1980,
He relinquished Chairmanship of the shortly before he left Hong Kong. Universities and Polytechnic Grants Committee and membership of The Advisory Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and The Committee on Directorate Salaries on 31 December 1980.
Mr Bremridge also served on the Public Services Commission, on The Trade and Industry Advisory Board, on The Corruption Prevention Advisory
He was at one time the Committee and The Trade Development Council. Chairman of The Hong Kong Tourist Association, and his interests extended to membership of The Country Parks Board, The Aviation Advisory Board, The Transport Advisory Committee and The Hong Kong Management Association.
He was also an active member of the Council and Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
He was appointed a Justice of The Peace in 1971 and awarded the OBE in 1976.
Mrs Bremridge was a
He is married with two sons and two daughters. most active Chairman of The Hong Kong Association of Mentally Handicappe Children and Young Persons.
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