What is David Akers-Jones?
'''Sir David Akers-Jones''' [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] ({{zh |t = 鍾逸傑 爵士 }}, 14 April 1927 &ndash; 30 September 2019) was a British retired colonial administrator. He was the [[Chief Secretary for Administration|Chief Secretary]] of [[Hong Kong]] from 1985 to 1987, and was briefly Acting [[Governor of Hong Kong]] from December 1986 through April 1987. Akers-Jones was born in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]]. Akers-Jones died on 30 September 2019 at a hospital in Hong Kong from [[colon cancer]] at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite web |title = Hong Kong Free Press News Article |url = https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/30/ex-colonial-chief-sec-hong-kong-david-akers-jones-dies-aged-92/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=David Akers-Jones, Hong Kong’s former No 2 under British rule, dies at 92 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3031018/david-akers-jones-hong-kongs-former-chief-secretary-under |access-date=30 September 2019 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=30 September 2019 |language=en |first1=Gary |last1=Cheung |first2=Ng |last2=Kang-chung |first3=Joyce |last3=Ng}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Akers-Jones, David}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer]] [[Category:Governors of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Chief Secretaries of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Politicians from Sussex]] {{bio-stub}}