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David Mercer MacDougall (Chinese: 麥道高; 8 December 1904 – 13 May 1991) was a Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong between 1945 and 1949. In 1928, while a Cadet Officer, MacDougall was seconded to the Colonial Office, and posted to Hong Kong. By 1941 he was part of the Ministry of Information (MoI) in Hong Kong. The Chinese Nationalists had worked undercover with the British Police and Intelligence Services since the Japanese invasion of Southern China in 1938, running a network of Nationalist agents which Admiral Chan Chak had operated. These helped in keeping the local Chinese population on-side, controlling the Triad gangs and identifying Japanese sympathisers. During the Battle of Hong Kong he worked directly with Admiral Chan Chak who had been brought in to assist in matters of the Chinese public morale and civil order within the British colony. MacDougall and Chan were among a total of sixty eight British, Chinese and Danish intelligence, naval and marine personnel saved from the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong by a dramatic break-out in five small torpedo boats on Christmas Day 1941. Eventually making it to Chungking, MacDougall then travelled on to Burma. MacDougall was put in charge of the Hong Kong Planning Unit in London in September 1944, charged with preparing for the return of Hong Kong to the UK when the war ended. After Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945 McDougall arrived back in Hong Kong on 7 September 1945 as Chief Civil Affairs Officer with the rank of Brigadier. He had responsibility for Civil Administration, reporting to Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt who was appointed Commander-in-Chief. MacDougall witnessed the Japanese surrender to Admiral Harcourt in Government House on 16 September. Civilian rule in Hong Kong was reestablished under Governor Sir Mark Young on 1 May 1946 at which time McDougall became Colonial Secretary reporting to Young. When Young retired, MacDougall served briefly as acting Governor from May 1947 – 25 July 1947. Chan Chak likewise became Mayor of Canton after the war. He died six weeks before the city fell to Communist forces in 1949. After his retirement from the Colonial Service in 1949, MacDougall farmed in Suffolk until the late 1960s. Thereafter he divided his time between East Anglia and Scotland. He died in Strathtay, near his home town of Perth, in May 1991 at the age of 86. (en)
麥道高准將，CMG（英語：David Mercer MacDougall，1904年12月8日－1991年5月13日），二戰後首任香港輔政司，1946年－1949年在任。麥道高於1928年以官學生身份來港，曾擔任南約理民府、首席助理輔政司兼定例局秘書等職位。1939年，麥道高轉任情報局主管，負責收集情報。二戰期間，麥道高與同樣滯留在香港的中華民國駐港代表陳策及掌控重要機密的英國軍情人員突圍至中國。返回英國後獲委任為香港規劃小組組長，負責籌備戰後管治香港的事務他認為香港戰後應該繼續由英國管治，不過英國政府應更注重清晰的方針和本地居民平等待遇；又提倡政治改革，這些構思後來為港督楊慕琦爵士所採用。香港重光後，麥道高獲委任為軍政府首席民政事務司，負責處理重光事務，制定食物供應、控制匯率、公共衛生、及法治等政策，以及與東江縱隊合作，維持地方治安。此外，麥道高亦著手安置和賠償防衛軍士兵。麥道高擔任輔政司之時，中國以及世界政局均對香港有重大的影響。麥道高曾處理走私問題，並與中國簽訂港中走私協定。此外，面對香港反對扶植日本工業的聲音，麥道高主張不限制日本工業生產。他曾就著《國民日報》停刊一事多次與國民政府和《國民日報》交涉；此外，為控制與共產黨關係密切的學校，麥道高在立法局上提出賦予教育司權力審批教師註冊，指出政府因此有需要擁有一定權力關閉參與灌輸政治意識的學校。此外，他認為若因為政局不穩而導致戰爭再次爆發，政府將會有限度執行焦土政策。為促進人權，麥道高亦動議承認《世界人權宣言》。 (zh)

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Sir Alexander Grantham (en)
Sir John Fearns Nicoll (en)

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Sir Cecil Harcourt (en)
Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (en)

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Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong (en)

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David Mercer MacDougall (Chinese: 麥道高; 8 December 1904 – 13 May 1991) was a Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong between 1945 and 1949. In 1928, while a Cadet Officer, MacDougall was seconded to the Colonial Office, and posted to Hong Kong. By 1941 he was part of the Ministry of Information (MoI) in Hong Kong. The Chinese Nationalists had worked undercover with the British Police and Intelligence Services since the Japanese invasion of Southern China in 1938, running a network of Nationalist agents which Admiral Chan Chak had operated. These helped in keeping the local Chinese population on-side, controlling the Triad gangs and identifying Japanese sympathisers. During the Battle of Hong Kong he worked directly with Admiral Chan Chak who had been brought in to assist in matters of the Chinese p (en)
麥道高准將，CMG（英語：David Mercer MacDougall，1904年12月8日－1991年5月13日），二戰後首任香港輔政司，1946年－1949年在任。麥道高於1928年以官學生身份來港，曾擔任南約理民府、首席助理輔政司兼定例局秘書等職位。1939年，麥道高轉任情報局主管，負責收集情報。二戰期間，麥道高與同樣滯留在香港的中華民國駐港代表陳策及掌控重要機密的英國軍情人員突圍至中國。返回英國後獲委任為香港規劃小組組長，負責籌備戰後管治香港的事務他認為香港戰後應該繼續由英國管治，不過英國政府應更注重清晰的方針和本地居民平等待遇；又提倡政治改革，這些構思後來為港督楊慕琦爵士所採用。香港重光後，麥道高獲委任為軍政府首席民政事務司，負責處理重光事務，制定食物供應、控制匯率、公共衛生、及法治等政策，以及與東江縱隊合作，維持地方治安。此外，麥道高亦著手安置和賠償防衛軍士兵。 (zh)

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