Sir David Robert Ford KBE, LVO, was the fifth and the last non-Chinese Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. He initiated the planning for Hong Kong's new international airport at Chek Lap Kok in 1989. Ford served in the British Army (Royal Artillery and Commando Brigade) and retired as a Major in 1972. Other than service in Hong Kong, Ford also spent time in the Northern Ireland office. Ford served as Hong Kong Commissioner in London 1980-1981 and again from 1994-1997.

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  • Sir David Robert Ford KBE, LVO, was the fifth and the last non-Chinese Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. He initiated the planning for Hong Kong's new international airport at Chek Lap Kok in 1989. Ford served in the British Army (Royal Artillery and Commando Brigade) and retired as a Major in 1972. Other than service in Hong Kong, Ford also spent time in the Northern Ireland office. Ford served as Hong Kong Commissioner in London 1980-1981 and again from 1994-1997. Ford has left Hong Kong and splits his time between Devon and London. Sir David's wife was a founder and subsequently patron of the Hong Kong Children's Cancer Foundation from 1988 to 1992. He is also chair of the board of UK Broadband, a wireless broadband service provider.
  • 霍德爵士，KBE，LVO（Sir David Robert Ford，1935年2月22日-），英國殖民地官員和軍人，是香港第五任布政司，也是最後一位洋人出任此職。他在1989年主理在赤鱲角發展新機場事宜。
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  • March 2008
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  • Sir David Robert Ford KBE, LVO, was the fifth and the last non-Chinese Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. He initiated the planning for Hong Kong's new international airport at Chek Lap Kok in 1989. Ford served in the British Army (Royal Artillery and Commando Brigade) and retired as a Major in 1972. Other than service in Hong Kong, Ford also spent time in the Northern Ireland office. Ford served as Hong Kong Commissioner in London 1980-1981 and again from 1994-1997.
  • 霍德爵士，KBE，LVO（Sir David Robert Ford，1935年2月22日-），英國殖民地官員和軍人，是香港第五任布政司，也是最後一位洋人出任此職。他在1989年主理在赤鱲角發展新機場事宜。
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  • David Robert Ford
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