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'Sir (Charles) Philip Haddon-Cave' (Chinese: 夏鼎基爵士 , KBE, CMG (July 6, 1925 – September 28, 1999) was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1971 to 1981. During the period when he was in charge of the economic policy of the Hong Kong government, he adopted "positive non-interventionism" as its chief principle. He was subsequently appointed Chief Secretary, in which post he served from 1981 to 1985.
Born and educated in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia with his brother David and sister Pamela, Haddon-Cave, despite his long years of service in Hong Kong, was famous for his loathing of Chinese food, something about which he made no bones. Whenever called upon to attend a Chinese banquet, he would always insist upon a good steak, into which he would gleefully tuck while his fellow guests struggled manfully with their chopsticks. After leaving Hong Kong, he spent his retirement quietly in England.