Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker was a British colonial official. He served in India from 1938 to 1948. Joining the Colonial Office in 1949,he successively served as an Administrative Officer and an Assistant Secretary in Nyasaland,and was seconded to the Cabinet Office of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953. He returned to Nyasaland to become Development Secretary in 1954,Deputy Financial Secretary in 1960 and Secretary to the Treasury in 1961. He remained in the government until 1965 when Nyasaland gained independence as Malawi in 1964. In 1965,Sir Hugh was posted to the Bechuanaland Protectorate as Her Majesty's Commissioner. Knighted in 1966,in September of the same year he witnessed the independence of the Protectorate as Botswana. In the next year,Norman-Walker was posted to the Seychelles as the Governor and Commander-in-Chief but his short tenure came to an end when he was assigned to succeed Sir Michael Gass,who was in turn appointed High Commissioner for the Western Pacific,as Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1969. He was once rumoured to be the designated candidate to succeed Sir David Trench as the Governor of Hong Kong,but the rumour soon died out when the post was taken up by Sir Murray MacLehose,a career diplomat,in 1971.
The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for maintaining safety and environmental protection of the harbour,ships registered/foreign ships in Hong Kong and monitor shipping traffic in Hong Kong Waters,search and rescue operations for large waters of the South China Sea.
Fanling Highway is a part of Route 9 in Hong Kong. It connects the new town of Tai Po and San Tin Highway,passing through Sheung Shui and Fanling on its way. The three lane expressway was constructed between 1983 and 1987.
South Central China or Central-South China,is a region of the People's Republic of China defined by the State Council that includes the provinces of Guangdong,Hainan,Henan,Hubei and Hunan,as well as the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region;in addition,the two provincial-level special administrative regions (SARs),Hong Kong and Macau,are also included under South Central China.
North Lantau New Town is the newest of the nine new towns in Hong Kong,a special administrative region of China,located on the northern coast of the Lantau Island in the New Territories. It covers Tung Chung,Tai Ho Wan,Siu Ho Wan,other parts of northeast Lantau Island,and the reclaimed land along the coast between them. It is the only new town in the Islands District and the youngest new town in Hong Kong. As the commercial,residential and community facilities in the New Town are concentrated in Tung Chung,it has been renamed Tung Chung New Town in recent official government documents.
David Gregory Jeaffreson,CBE,JP was a British colonial government official and civil servant. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1961 serving as Administrative Officer,and was Secretary for Economic Services and Secretary for Security in 1970s and 1980s,during which he had also been appointed as official Legislative Councillor for more than ten years.
The Daily Press was an English-language newspaper in Hong Kong,published from 1857 for about 80 years. Founded and edited by George M Ryder,it was the first daily newspaper in Hong Kong. In 1858,Yorick Jones Murrow,a tenacious Welshman born in 1817,took over the newspaper and he inaugurated the Chinese-language paper Hongkong Chinese and Foreign News (香港中外新報),published three times per week.Murrow led the paper on fearless attacks on the Colonial administration,leading ultimately to his imprisonment on a charge of libel. He relinquished his role as editor in 1867 but remained its proprietor till his death in 1884.
Dame Rosanna Wong Yick-ming also known by her married name,Rosanna Tam Wong Yick-ming,in her former marriage from 1979 lasting until 1992,and primarily known as Dr Rosanna Wong in public occasions after 1997,is a Hong Kong social work administrator and politician who has served as the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups since 1980.
Sir Donald Collin Cumyn Luddington,was a British colonial government official and civil servant who served firstly in the Hong Kong Government and became District Commissioner,New Territories and the Secretary for Home Affairs successively,during which he had also served as an official member of the Legislative Council. He was later promoted to Oceania and was High Commissioner for the Western Pacific and Governor of the Solomon Islands during the period from 1973 to 1976. He returned to Hong Kong in 1977 to replace Sir Ronald Holmes as chairman of the Public Service Commission. He was the second person,after Sir Jack Cater,to hold the post of Commissioner of ICAC from 1978 until his retirement in 1980.
The Census and Statistics Department is the provider of major social and economic official statistics in Hong Kong. It is also responsible for conducting Population Census and By-census in Hong Kong since 1971. Its head office is in the Wanchai Tower in Wan Chai.
The Hong Kong Japanese School and Japanese International School (HKJS&JIS) is a Japanese international school in Hong Kong. It consists of a Japanese section and international section. The Hong Kong Japanese School Limited operates the school system.
Hong Kong–mainland China relations refer to the relationship between Mainland China and Hong Kong. According to the 1997 Sino-British Joint Declaration,the United Kingdom handed control of Hong Kong over to the People's Republic of China,making it a special administrative region. In principle,Hong Kong became an autonomous administrative division based on the Hong Kong Basic Law.
The Emergency Regulations Ordinance is a law of Hong Kong that confers on the Chief Executive in Council the power to make regulations on occasions that the Chief Executive believes to be an emergency or public danger. It was first introduced in Colonial Hong Kong in 1922 to combat the seamen's strikes which had immobilised the city's ports,and was invoked on several occasions during the colonial rule.
Chun Yeung Estate is a public housing estate in Fo Tan,New Territories,Hong Kong. It is the only public housing estate in Fo Tan,located at the junction of Wong Chuk Yeung Street and Kwei Tei Street. It comprises 5 blocks and 1 shopping centre with total of 4,846 flats. Its name prefix "Chun" means "horse" in English since Sha Tin Racecourse is located in Fo Tan. It was completed in 2020.
The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the Chinese central government's national security office in Hong Kong. The office was established in July 2020 by the Hong Kong national security law.
The concept of separation of powers has been considered and disputed in Hong Kong and its various forms of government. Prior to the Handover of Hong Kong in 1997,the government of British Hong Kong did not have a Western-style separation of powers. The post-handover Hong Kong Basic Law does not explicitly prescribe a separation of powers,but allocates power to the Executive Council,Legislative Council,and Judiciary. Since the 1997 handover,whether the separation of powers principle exists within the Hong Kong political system has been disputed among the Hong Kong SAR Government,central Chinese Government,and public media.
Louise Ho Pui-shan is a Hong Kong civil servant and principal official,currently serving as Commissioner of Customs and Excise,the first woman to hold that post.
Chan Hon-yee,JP is a Hong Kong medicine specialist and civil servant who served as Director of Health and Director of the Auxiliary Medical Service.
Administration Wing of the Office of the Chief Secretary for Administration is an executive agency in the Government of Hong Kong,reporting directly to the Chief Secretary and Financial Secretary. It is mainly responsible to oversee the effective functioning of the Government Secretariat machinery and managing the relations between the government and the Legislative Council,Judiciary,independent statutory agencies,consular missions.
Candidate Eligibility Review Committee is a government statutory committee in Hong Kong,which is responsible for accessing and validating the eligibility of electoral candidate of Chief Executive,Legislative Council and Election Committee.
