CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) John Chan Cho-chak, LVO, joined the Hongkong Civil Service in 1964 and has held a number of senior posts, including Director of Government Information Services, Deputy Chief Secretary, Secretary for Trade and Industry, and Secretary for Education and Manpower. He has also been a member of the Executive Council. Mr Chan retired from public service in May.
Thomas Chen Tseng-tao, a prominent figure in the property development industry, is vice-president of the Real Estate Developers Association and a member of the Land and Building Advisory Committee. He was also a member of the Land Development Corporation, the body charged with urban renewal in Hongkong.
Mr Justice Kutlu Tekin Fuad, who served in legal and judicial appointments in Cyprus and Uganda, was director of the legal division of the Commonwealth Secretariat from 1972 to 1980. In 1980, he was appointed to the High Court of Hongkong and, in 1982, to the Court of Appeal. In 1988, he became one of the three vice-presidents of the Court of Appeal. He retired in April.
Mr Justice Michael Edmund Ivor Kempster, formerly a barrister in private practice in London, was made a QC in 1969 and became a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1976. He was appointed to the High Court in Hongkong in 1982 and to the Court of Appeal in 1984. He retires this month. OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Ronald Joseph Arculli, JP, a solicitor and a member of the Legislative Council since 1988, is chairman of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Council and serves on a number of advisory committees.
Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching, JP, joined the Hongkong Government in 1962. She served as Secretary-General of OMELCO and Secretary-General of the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions' of Service, before taking up her present post ofCommissioner for Labour in February 1992.
Frederick Ho Wing-huen, JP, joined the Civil Service in 1966 before being transferred in 1972 to specialise in statistics. He became Assistant Commissioner for Census and Statistics in 1981 and was promoted to the post of Commissioner in 1989.
Simon Ip Sik-on, JP, a solicitor, was elected to the Legislative Council in 1991. Besides being a member of several bodies associated with the legal profession, he is Legal Adviser to various welfare organisations.