Back John James Cowperthwaite Spanish جیمز جان کاوپرتویت Persian John James Cowperthwaite French ಸರ್ ಜಾನ್ ಕಾಪರ್ತ್ ವೇತ್ Kannada John James Cowperthwaite Polish 郭伯偉 Chinese
Sir John James Cowperthwaite | |
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| Financial Secretary of Hong Kong | |
| In office 17 April 1961 – 30 June 1971 | |
| Governor | Sir Robert Black Sir David Trench |
| Preceded by | Arthur Grenfell Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Charles Philip Haddon-Cave |
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| Born | 25 April 1915 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Died | 21 January 2006 (aged 90) Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Sheila Mary Thomson |
| Children | John James Hamish Cowperthwaite |
| Alma mater | Merchiston Castle School St Andrews University Christ's College, Cambridge |
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Sir John James Cowperthwaite, KBE, CMG (Chinese: 郭伯偉爵士; 25 April 1915 – 21 January 2006), was a British civil servant who served as 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.[1] During Cowperthwaite's tenure as Financial Secretary, real wages in Hong Kong rose by 50% and the portion of the population in acute poverty fell from 50% to 15%.[2]
- ^ "Meet the invisible hand behind Hong Kong's rise". The Economist. 5 October 2017. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Morriss, Andrew P. "Freedom Works: The Case of Hong Kong". fee.org/. Foundation for Economic Education. Retrieved 20 January 2022.