Sir John James Cowperthwaite, KBE, CMG (Chinese: 郭伯偉爵士; 25 April 1915 – 21 January 2006), was a British civil servant and the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1961 to 1971. His introduction of free market economic policies are widely credited with turning postwar Hong Kong into a thriving global financial centre.
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25 April 1915 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Died |
21 January 2006 (aged 90)
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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