Sir john cowperthwaite obituary michigan

          He was proclaimed 'Man of the Century for Southeast Asia' because of the example for economic success he provided for Hong Kong and other countries.!

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        2. John James Cowperthwaite: Sir John James Cowperthwaite, KBE, CMG (25 April – 21 January ), was a British civil servant and the Financial Secretary.
        3. He was proclaimed 'Man of the Century for Southeast Asia' because of the example for economic success he provided for Hong Kong and other countries.
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        5. Sir John Cowperthwaite.

          6. John James Cowperthwaite

          British colonial administrator

          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 marketeconomic 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]

          Early years

          Cowperthwaite was born on 25 April 1915 in Edinburgh to John Cowperthwaite, a surveyor of taxes, and Jessie Jarvis.[3] He attended Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, Scotland, and later studied classics at St Andrews University and Christ's College, Cambridge.

          In 1940, he returned to St Andrews and gained a first class degree in economics on an accelerated one year degree programme wi