BEM is no longer awarded except for a few Carribean countries since the John Major Honours Reform
GM was awarded in the early 1970's to a police inspector who performed a number of rescues in relation to the Jumbo Seafood Restaurant Fire.
I draw equivalence between MBG and GM/GC because the former is the highest possible award for bravery in HKSAR. One would be given a MBG in HKSAR for achieving similar feats to earn the GC in UK
The reason I used "knighthood" and not KBE is because before 1997 knighhoods (even now, for the very few HK citizens who still received British honours after 1997) come under several chivalry orders:
mostly in the form of Knight Bachelor and KBE
KCMG for diplomats, businessmen hugely successful in international trade and of course, governors of HK
KCB (Military) for generals (e.g. CBF)
GBE, GCMG and GCB are the advancement grades
[ 本帖最後由 auxair 於 18-12-2008 00:00 編輯 ]
