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FM HONG KONG 271110Z FEBRUARY 81
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MY TELNO 351 PARAGRAPH 3
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: MR JOHN HENRY BREMRIDGE, OBE
MR BREMRIDGE HAS HAD A DISTINGUISHED BUSINESS CAREER IN
HONG KONG AND HAS DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS TIME TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE, SERVING ON THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AND
ON MANY PUBLIC BODIES.
2. MR BREMRIDGE WAS BORN IN 1925 AND EDUCATED AT CHELTENHAM
SCHOOL AND ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.
3. BEFORE RETIRING FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF HONG KONG, HE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF JOHN SWIRE AND SONS (HONG KONG) LTD. HE WAS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF MANY OTHER COMPANIES, INCLUDING CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED, THE HONG KONG AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING COMPANY, MODERN TERMINALS LIMITED AND WAS ON THE BOARD OF GAMMON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION LIMITED, THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, THE MERCANTILE BANK LIMITED AND THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST LIMITED.
4. MR BREMRIDGE RESIGNED FROM THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS IN AUGUST 1980, SHORTLY BEFORE HE LEFT HONG KONG. AT THE SAME TIME HE RELINQUISHED CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE PUBLIC
WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND THE COMMITTEE
ON DIRECTORATE SALARIES,
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