*** Welcome to piglix ***

Jack Cater

Jack Cater
KBE, JP
Jack Cater.jpeg
Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
In office
1978 – November 1981
Governor Murray MacLehose
Preceded by Denys Roberts
Succeeded by Philip Haddon-Cave
1st Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
In office
15 February 1974 – 3 July 1978
Governor Murray MacLehose
Succeeded by Donald Luddington
Personal details
Born (1922-02-21)21 February 1922
London, United Kingdom
Died 14 April 2006(2006-04-14) (aged 84)
Guernsey
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Peggy
Children 3

Sir Jack Cater, KBE, JP (Chinese: 姬達爵士; 21 February 1922 – 14 April 2006) was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1978 to 1981. Cater was the third Chief Secretary under the Governorship of Sir Murray MacLehose, later Lord MacLehose of Beoch. He is probably most noted for his role as the founding Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong.

Cater began his career in Hong Kong in 1946 as a cadet officer in the Fisheries Department, and was made Director of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1964. He was appointed by then Governor David Trench to lead the team that restored peace and security following the riots in 1967. He served two years as Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and went on to become Defence Secretary and Director of Government Information Services.

Cater was instrumental in establishing schools in all of Hong Kong's fishing villages.

In February 1974, he was delighted to accept appointment to the first Commissionership of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) by Murray MacLehose following the flight of Police Superintendent Peter Godber, who was under investigation at the time regarding several million pounds stashed in Vancouver banks. His widow later revealed that Cater considered at one point leaving the government. She said:


...
Wikipedia

...