John Arthur Blackwood (3 November 1904 – 6 August 1973) was a British Hong Kong businessman. He was the taipan of Butterfield & Swire and chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways.[1] Between 1954 and 1955, he was the chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, replacing Cedric Blaker.[2] He represented the Chamber of Commerce as an Unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1954 to 1955.[3] In the Legislative Council, he strongly opposed the introduction of section 27 to the Inland Revenue Ordinance, which allowed the government (in case of doubt as to the provenance of a profit) to consider lack of overseas taxation as evidence that the profit in question arose in Hong Kong, thus becoming liable to taxation in Hong Kong. The section was repealed 27 years later as misconceived.[4]
john, arthur, blackwood, november, 1904, august, 1973, british, hong, kong, businessman, taipan, butterfield, swire, chairman, cathay, pacific, airways, between, 1954, 1955, chairman, hong, kong, general, chamber, commerce, replacing, cedric, blaker, represent. John Arthur Blackwood 3 November 1904 6 August 1973 was a British Hong Kong businessman He was the taipan of Butterfield amp Swire and chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways 1 Between 1954 and 1955 he was the chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce replacing Cedric Blaker 2 He represented the Chamber of Commerce as an Unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1954 to 1955 3 In the Legislative Council he strongly opposed the introduction of section 27 to the Inland Revenue Ordinance which allowed the government in case of doubt as to the provenance of a profit to consider lack of overseas taxation as evidence that the profit in question arose in Hong Kong thus becoming liable to taxation in Hong Kong The section was repealed 27 years later as misconceived 4 References edit Flight Global PDF 1957 p 599 Past Legislative Council Representative Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Retrieved 6 April 2013 Database on Legislative Council Members LegCo Library Digital Initiatives Government of Hong Kong Retrieved 2017 06 19 Taxation without Representation page 140 ISBN 9622090990 Michael Littlewood Hong Kong University Press 1 January 2010 Google Books Alphabet Retrieved 2017 06 19 Business positionsPreceded byCedric Blaker Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce1960 Succeeded byCedric BlakerThis business related Hong Kong biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Arthur Blackwood amp oldid 965312741, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
