John Martin Rowlands, CBE (Chinese: 羅能士; 20 July 1925 – 19 August 2004) was a British civil servant working in the Hong Kong government from 1952 to 1985. He was the Secretary for the Civil Service from 1978 to 1985 and official member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1978 to 1984. Rowlands was born in London on 20 July 1925 and graduated from the Charterhouse School and the Selwyn College, Cambridge. From 1943 to 1947, he was a Captain of the Royal Indian Artillery Field Regiment of the HQ XV Indian Corps, HQ Allied Land Forces South East Asia.
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| - John Martin Rowlands, CBE (Chinese: 羅能士; 20 July 1925 – 19 August 2004) was a British civil servant working in the Hong Kong government from 1952 to 1985. He was the Secretary for the Civil Service from 1978 to 1985 and official member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1978 to 1984. Rowlands was born in London on 20 July 1925 and graduated from the Charterhouse School and the Selwyn College, Cambridge. From 1943 to 1947, he was a Captain of the Royal Indian Artillery Field Regiment of the HQ XV Indian Corps, HQ Allied Land Forces South East Asia. (en)
- 羅能士，CBE（英語：John Martin Rowlands，1925年7月20日－2004年8月19日），英國殖民地官員，1952年至1985年任職於香港政府，1978年至1985年任銓敘司，期間於1978年至1984年兼任立法局官守議員。 羅能士畢業於劍橋大學塞爾文學院，1952年以官學生身份加入港府，先後任職於徙置事務處、新界民政署、民眾安全服務隊和市政事務署等部門，1966年出任市政事務署副署長，1968年出任首席助理輔政司（社會事務），其後於1971年出任副民政司。1974年，羅能士出任人民入境事務處處長，是首位出任該處處長的政務官。任內，他因應港府於1974年實施的「抵壘政策」而加強出入境關口執法和採取行動，以設法堵截來自中國大陸及其他地方的非法入境者來港；另外，他還要應對1975年發生的越南難民問題，有關問題纏繞香港多年，到2000年才告終結。 (zh)
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| - John Martin Rowlands, CBE (Chinese: 羅能士; 20 July 1925 – 19 August 2004) was a British civil servant working in the Hong Kong government from 1952 to 1985. He was the Secretary for the Civil Service from 1978 to 1985 and official member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1978 to 1984. Rowlands was born in London on 20 July 1925 and graduated from the Charterhouse School and the Selwyn College, Cambridge. From 1943 to 1947, he was a Captain of the Royal Indian Artillery Field Regiment of the HQ XV Indian Corps, HQ Allied Land Forces South East Asia. Rowlands joined the Hong Kong government as a cadet in 1952. He served on various positions, including the Resettlement Department, New Territories Administration, Civil Aid Service and Urban Services Department. In 1966, he became the Deputy Director of Urban Services, Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary in 1968 and Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs in 1971. In 1974, he became the Director of Immigration in 1974 and dealt with the Touch Base Policy imposed in 1974, as well as the Vietnamese boat people crisis. He was appointed Secretary for the Civil Service in 1978 and became an official member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He dealt with the civil servants' strikes and localisation of the Hong Kong civil service during the transition period to the handover of Hong Kong. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1980. He retired in 1985 and returned to Britain. He fought against cancer in his later life and died in London on 19 August 2004, aged 79. He married to Christiane Germaine Maeleine Lacheny and had children Diane and Noelle. He was a bird watching lover, which influenced his subordinate Donald Tsang, the later Chief Executive of Hong Kong. (en)
- 羅能士，CBE（英語：John Martin Rowlands，1925年7月20日－2004年8月19日），英國殖民地官員，1952年至1985年任職於香港政府，1978年至1985年任銓敘司，期間於1978年至1984年兼任立法局官守議員。 羅能士畢業於劍橋大學塞爾文學院，1952年以官學生身份加入港府，先後任職於徙置事務處、新界民政署、民眾安全服務隊和市政事務署等部門，1966年出任市政事務署副署長，1968年出任首席助理輔政司（社會事務），其後於1971年出任副民政司。1974年，羅能士出任人民入境事務處處長，是首位出任該處處長的政務官。任內，他因應港府於1974年實施的「抵壘政策」而加強出入境關口執法和採取行動，以設法堵截來自中國大陸及其他地方的非法入境者來港；另外，他還要應對1975年發生的越南難民問題，有關問題纏繞香港多年，到2000年才告終結。 1978年，羅能士升任銓敘司兼立法局官守議員，主管公務員事務，翌年他的職級獲擢升為布政司署司級政務官。在任內，他應對當時此起彼落的公務員工潮，並多番與各大公務員團體就薪酬、福利和工作待遇等問題展開對話。他還負責推動公務員本地化政策，以及大幅擴充公務員人手，在短短數年間，公務員數目由1978年的大約11萬人，升至1983年的大約17萬人。隨著港府連年加薪，公務員的工業行動踏入八十年代也逐漸緩和。羅能士1985年退休後返回英國，並在當地逝世。 (zh)
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