Technical standards in Hong Kong

Henry Pottinger	1843–1844
John Francis Davis	1844–1848
George Bonham	1848–1854
John Bowring	1854–1859
Hercules Robinson	1859–1865
Richard Graves MacDonnell	1866–1872
Arthur Kennedy	1872–1877
John Pope Hennessy	1877–1882
George Bowen	1883–1885
William Des Vœux	1887–1891
William Robinson	1891–1898
Henry Arthur Blake	1898–1903
Matthew Nathan	1904–1907
Frederick Lugard	1907–1912
Francis Henry May	1912–1918
Reginald Edward Stubbs	1919–1925
Cecil Clementi	1925–1930
William Peel	1930–1935
Andrew Caldecott	1935–1937
Geoffry Northcote	1937–1941
Mark Aitchison Young	1941 1946–1947
Rensuke Isogai	1942–1944
Hisakazu Tanaka	1945
Alexander Grantham	1947–1957
Robert Brown Black	1958–1964
David Trench	1964–1971
Murray MacLehose	1971–1982
Edward Youde	1982–1986
David Wilson	1987–1992
Chris Patten	1992–1997

As a former British colony and territory, technical standards in Hong Kong of today has been largely influenced by that of the United Kingdom, with some exceptions due to local and practical considerations.