Charles Philip Haddon-Cave
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Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave KBE, CMG |
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| Chief Secretary of Hong Kong | |
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In office 25 November 1981 – 7 June 1985 |
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| Governor | Sir Murray MacLehose Sir Edward Youde |
| Preceded by | Sir Jack Cater |
| Succeeded by | Sir David Akers-Jones |
| Financial Secretary of Hong Kong | |
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In office 7 July 1971 – 27 May 1981 |
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| Governor | Sir Murray MacLehose |
| Preceded by | Sir John Cowperthwaite |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Henry Bremridge |
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6 July 1925 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Died | 28 September 1999 (aged 74) Oxford, England |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Alice Simpson |
| Children | Charles Haddon-Cave |
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University of Tasmania King's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Colonial administrator |
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| Traditional Chinese | 夏鼎基 | ||||||||
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| Yale Romanization | Hah Díng gēi |
| Jyutping | Haa6 Ding2 gei1 |
Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave, KBE, CMG (Chinese: 夏鼎基; 6 July 1925 – 27 September 1999) was a British colonial administrator. He was the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1971 to 1981 and the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1985. During his tenure of Financial Secretary, he famously coined the term "positive non-interventionism" as its chief principle, which has long-lasting effect on Hong Kong and world's economic philosophy.
Haddon-Cave was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia with his brother David and sister Pamela. He was educated at the University of Tasmania and King's College, Cambridge. He joined the British Colonial Service in 1952 was assigned to Kenya, British East Africa. In 1961, he was appointed Financial Secretary in the Seychelles in 1961. In 1963, he was transferred to work in the Hong Kong government, working in the Department of Trade and Industry. In 1965, he became the Director of Trade and Industry and was promoted Deputy Secretary of Economy. In 1969, he was appointed Deputy Financial Secretary.
He became the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1971, succeeding Sir John Cowperthwaite. Contrast to his predecessor, he was known to be willing to discuss budgetary and monetary policies. He recognised a broader responsibility for the government in economy. he noted that the Hong Kong government's attitude to the economy "is frequently but inadequately described as laissez-faire." He preferred to describe its stance as one of the "positive non-interventionism" in his Budget Speech in 1980, in which the government should not "plan the allocation of resources available to the private sector and to frustrate the operation of market forces", the private sector should accept and bear the costs of its own mistake; and the government had certain specific obligations. First it recongised its budgetary and fiscal policies would affect the entire economy and that it had a responsibility to intervene in a limited fashion. Second the government should be prepared to exercise guidance and impose restraints on banking and securities. Third, it was responsible for establishing advisory bodies where private interest could be maximised and public interest secured. Fourth, the government should provide law and order, defence, preventative health measures, fire services, sanitation and a basic network of roads and drainage and fund the services of housing, education, medical and health services and social welfare.
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