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Sir David Akers-Jones GBM KBE CMG JP (Chinese: 鍾逸傑; 14 April 1927 – 30 September 2019) was a British colonial administrator. He was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1987, and was briefly acting Governor of Hong Kong after the untimely death of Sir Edward Youde .
30 de sept. de 2019 · Sir David Akers-Jones, who was Hong Kong chief secretary between 1985 and 1987, has died aged 92. Now TV reported that he passed away at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Jordan on Monday. David...
7 de nov. de 2019 · Sir David Akers-Jones, who has died aged 92, was chief secretary and acting governor of Hong Kong – but was later accused of “betrayal” when he became an adviser to Beijing in the run-up to...
David Akers-Jones, former Hong Kong chief secretary, was not your garden variety civil servant. The devoted public servant – and talented painter – died recently at the age of 92 after a long...
15 de oct. de 2019 · Martin Purbrick, a regular contributor to Asian Affairs, remembers his life. Sir David Akers-Jones, who has died aged 92, lived in interesting times on the south coast of China and was part of some of the key moments in the modern history of Hong Kong as a colonial civil servant from 1957 to 1987.
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. Thursday October 17 2019, 12.01am, The Times. On April 2, 1993 David Akers-Jones, a former head of Hong Kong’s civil service, was heckled as he flew to Beijing to...
David Akers-Jones, Hong Kong’s former chief secretary under British colonial rule, has died, aged 92.
