Ronald Holmes
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何禮文爵士，CMG，CBE，MC，，JP（Sir David Ronald Holmes，1913年12月26日－1981年6月14日），英國資深殖民地官員，1938年起在香港政府供職，第二次世界大戰從軍，期間參與英軍服務團，抗擊日軍及營救盟軍戰俘，屢獲英廷加獎。何禮文戰後備受港府器重，1954年受命成立徙置事務處，營建香港首批徙置公屋，後來先後出任市政事務署署長、新界民政署長及工商業管理處處長等職。何禮文在1966年接替麥道軻任華民政務司，任內香港爆發六七暴動，他以署理輔政司身份主持大局，以強硬手段對付左派滋事份子，緩和局勢。在1969年，華民政務司改組為民政司，並繼續由何禮文出任至1971年退休為止，及後改任公務員敘用委員會主席，於1977年任滿離港。 在政府供職期間，何氏亦曾先後獲委為市政局、立法局及行政局官守議員，其中於立法局前後任職長達10年。他對香港的貢獻深得港府認同，多次獲勳，在1973年更獲勳為爵士。
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Sir David Ronald Holmes CMG CBE MC ED JP (Chinese: 何禮文爵士, 26 December 1913 – 14 June 1981) was a British colonial government official who served in Hong Kong from 1938. In the Second World War, he was assigned to the British Army Aid Group where he actively took part in a series of guerilla actions in the Far East to resist the Japanese Army and to rescue prisoners of war from the Japanese detention camps. His contribution was recognised by the British government and he was decorated for a number of times. After the war, Holmes played a significant role in reconstructing Hong Kong. In 1954, he was appointed to establish the Resettlement Department, a governmental department which was responsible for constructing resettlement estates for the homeless refugees. Later on he successively serve
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Ronald Holmes
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Sir Ronald Holmes
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1981-06-14
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1913-12-26
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Secretary for Home Affairs
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Secretary for Chinese Affairs
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1913-12-26
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1981-06-14
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1954
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1966
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February 1969 – May 1971
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Sir David Ronald Holmes CMG CBE MC ED JP (Chinese: 何禮文爵士, 26 December 1913 – 14 June 1981) was a British colonial government official who served in Hong Kong from 1938. In the Second World War, he was assigned to the British Army Aid Group where he actively took part in a series of guerilla actions in the Far East to resist the Japanese Army and to rescue prisoners of war from the Japanese detention camps. His contribution was recognised by the British government and he was decorated for a number of times. After the war, Holmes played a significant role in reconstructing Hong Kong. In 1954, he was appointed to establish the Resettlement Department, a governmental department which was responsible for constructing resettlement estates for the homeless refugees. Later on he successively served as the Director of Urban Services, the and the . In 1966, Holmes replaced as the Secretary for Chinese Affairs but not long after, the 1967 Leftist Riots broke out. During the riot, he was noted for taking control of the situation as the acting-Colonial Secretary, efficiently took command in the government and adopted a hard-line policy towards the Communists. Holmes continued to serve when the post of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs was renamed into the Secretary for Home Affairs in 1969 and he eventually stepped down in 1971. Afterwards, he immediately became the chairman of the Public Service Commission, a post he served until 1977 when he left Hong Kong. When Holmes was serving in the government of Hong Kong, he was also successively appointed as official member of the Urban Council, Legislative Council and Executive Council. Among them, he had served for a decade in total in the Legislative Council. For his public service to Hong Kong, he was knighted in 1973.
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何禮文爵士，CMG，CBE，MC，，JP（Sir David Ronald Holmes，1913年12月26日－1981年6月14日），英國資深殖民地官員，1938年起在香港政府供職，第二次世界大戰從軍，期間參與英軍服務團，抗擊日軍及營救盟軍戰俘，屢獲英廷加獎。何禮文戰後備受港府器重，1954年受命成立徙置事務處，營建香港首批徙置公屋，後來先後出任市政事務署署長、新界民政署長及工商業管理處處長等職。何禮文在1966年接替麥道軻任華民政務司，任內香港爆發六七暴動，他以署理輔政司身份主持大局，以強硬手段對付左派滋事份子，緩和局勢。在1969年，華民政務司改組為民政司，並繼續由何禮文出任至1971年退休為止，及後改任公務員敘用委員會主席，於1977年任滿離港。 在政府供職期間，何氏亦曾先後獲委為市政局、立法局及行政局官守議員，其中於立法局前後任職長達10年。他對香港的貢獻深得港府認同，多次獲勳，在1973年更獲勳為爵士。
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