David Akers-Jones
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The Honourable Sir David Akers-Jones KBE CMG JP |
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Governor of Hong Kong Acting |
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In office 4 December 1986 – 9 April 1987 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Edward Youde |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn |
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In office 10 June 1985 – 6 December 1986 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Sir Edward Youde |
| Preceded by | Charles Philip Haddon-Cave |
| Succeeded by | Sir David Ford |
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14 April 1927 Worthing, Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater |
University of Kent Brasenose College, Oxford |
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| Traditional Chinese | 鍾逸傑 | ||||||||
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| Yale Romanization | Jūng Yaht-giht |
| Jyutping | Zung1 Jat6-git6 |
Sir David Akers-Jones KBE CMG JP (Chinese: 鍾逸傑爵士, born 14 April 1927) is a British retired colonial administrator. He was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1987, and was briefly Acting Governor of Hong Kong.
He arrived in Hong Kong in 1957 after serving 3 years in the Malayan Civil Service and began his career in the Hong Kong Government in the summer of 1957.
During his long career, Akers-Jones served in many important posts in the Government of Hong Kong, including Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary, Secretary for the New Territories, which was later retitled as "The Secretary for City and New Territories Administration". He was instrumental in turning small villages into "new towns" in the New Territories teeming with factories, and apartment blocks to resettle slum-dwellers on the hillsides of Hong Kong Island.
He is incorrectly credited with the 1972 introduction of the now much deridedSmall House Policy (SHP) introduced by his predecessor which has transformed villages in the New Territories. Originally conceived as a means of preventing the decay and death of rural communities, this policy allows the sons of indigenous villagers to apply to the Hong Kong Government for a plot of land upon which to build a "small house".
He was also Secretary for Home Affairs and Chief Secretary.
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