piers, jacobs, chinese, 翟克誠, 1933, september, 1999, financial, secretary, hong, kong, from, 1986, 1991, period, that, included, 1987, market, crash, when, oversaw, closure, stock, exchange, notably, refused, bail, bank, credit, commerce, international, also, s. Sir Piers Jacobs KBE JP Chinese 翟克誠 27 May 1933 23 September 1999 was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1991 a period that included the 1987 market crash when he oversaw the closure of the stock exchange and notably refused to bail out the Bank of Credit and Commerce International He also was Secretary for Economic Services from 1982 to 1986 1 Sir Piers JacobsKBE JPFinancial Secretary of Hong KongIn office 1986 1991Secretary for Economic ServicesIn office 1982 1986Personal detailsBorn 1933 05 27 27 May 1933United KingdomDied23 September 1999 1999 09 23 aged 66 Hong KongPiers JacobsTraditional Chinese翟克誠TranscriptionsYue CantoneseYale RomanizationJaahk Hak SihngJyutpingZaak6 Hak1 Sing4A solicitor by profession 2 Jacobs held a number of senior corporate positions including in later life senior vice chairman and director of CLP Holdings chairman and director of Sir Elly Kadoorie and Sons and chairman of the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Corporation 1 Personal life and death editBorn in the United Kingdom 2 Jacobs was married with one daughter He died in Hong Kong on 23 September 1999 survived by his wife and daughter 1 References edit a b c Former finance chief Piers Jacobs dies of cancer South China Morning Post 24 September 1999 a b Legislative Council Members database Piers Jacobs Preceded byDavid Gregory Jeaffreson Secretary for Economic Services1982 1986 Succeeded byAnson ChanPreceded bySir John Henry Bremridge Financial Secretary of Hong Kong1986 1991 Succeeded bySir Nathaniel William Hamish Macleod nbsp nbsp This article about a person involved in the three branches of government in Hong Kong is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Piers Jacobs amp oldid 1065068812, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
