TNAG-1008-FCO40-1258-Reports-on-leading-personalities-in-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 64

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 2 7 MAR 1981

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REGISTRY Action Taken APRIL 1981

SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG:

20NDEXRCH TO 1

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BRIEF NO 4:

£27.3.

PERSONALITY NOTES

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(A) SENIOR OFFICIALS

Mr David Akers-Jones CMG

Secretary for the New Territories since 1974.

Entered Hong Kong Civil

Service 1957. Has spent most of his career in the New Territories.

Mr Denis Bray CMG CVO

Secretary for Home Affairs since 1980. Entered Hong Kong Civil

Service 1950. Has spent much of his career in local administration

in the New Territories. Was Hong Kong Commissioner

1977-1980.

in London

Sir Jack Cater KBE

Chief Secretary since October 1978. Entered Hong Kong Civil

Service 1946. Previously served as Director of Commerce and

Industry, Chairman of the Trade Development Council and Information

Secretary. Retired from the Civil Service 1974. Headed the

Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) 1974-78. To

succeed Mr Ford as Hong Kong Commissioner in London later in 1981.

Major-General John L Chapple CBE

Commander British Forces, Hong Kong, since June 1980. Has served

over the last 20 years in Hong Kong, Malaya, Borneo and Singapore.

Gurkha officer.

Brigadier Ian Christie OBE MC

Commander, Gurkha Field Force since 1979. Late of King's Own

Scottish Borderers.

CONFIDENTIAL

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