Philip Haddon-Cave

Sir Philip Haddon-Cave KBE CMG
Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
In office 20 November 1981 – 9 June 1985
Governor	Murray MacLehose Edward Youde
Preceded by	Jack Cater
Succeeded by	David Akers-Jones
Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
In office 1 July 1971 – 31 May 1981
Governor	Murray MacLehose
Preceded by	John Cowperthwaite
Succeeded by	John Henry Bremridge
Personal details
Born	(1925-07-06)6 July 1925 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died	27 September 1999(1999-09-27) (aged 74) Oxford, England
Spouse	Elizabeth Alice Simpson ​ ​ (m. 1948)​
Children	3, including Charles Haddon-Cave
Alma mater	University of Tasmania King's College, Cambridge
Occupation	Colonial administrator

Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave, KBE CMG (Chinese: 夏鼎基; 6 July 1925 – 27 September 1999) was a British colonial administrator. He was the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1971 to 1981 and the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1985. During his tenure of Financial Secretary, he famously coined the term "positive non-interventionism" as its chief principle, which has long-lasting effect on Hong Kong and world's economic philosophy.