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Michael "Mike" John Treloar Rowse〔 () () is a Hong Kong public figure. A naturalised citizen of the People's Republic of China, Rowse was the Director-General of InvestHK, a department of the Hong Kong Government. Rowse is one of the few foreign-born civil servants in the post-handover Hong Kong Government. He is best known for having negotiated the Hong Kong Disneyland deal on behalf of the government in November 1999 in which the government became the park's largest shareholder; he thus received the nickname "Mickey Rowse", an allusion to the Disney character. Rowse then set up InvestHK, and was appointed its Director General on 1 July 2000.〔 As head of the agency, he became involved in Harbour Fest, an event to promote Hong Kong in the aftermath of the SARS outbreak in 2003 which became the centre of a political scandal. ==Career== Rowse was born to a lower-class family in England. He and a friend developed plans to travel the world; his friend backed out.〔(Interview: Mike Rowse ), HK Online, 13 November 2009〕 At the age of 23, and living in Isleworth at the time, Rowse set off over land in August 1971,〔(Photograph of Rowse on his imminent departure for Hong Kong ), from official website]〕 and arrived in Hong Kong in 1972.〔 He recounts in an interview with HK Online that upon his arrival, he lived in room in an apartment shared with three Indonesian Chinese families.〔 He worked as a reporter for ''The Star'' for 16 months, covering corruption and crime, and in 1974, joined the Hong Kong ICAC,〔 where he worked in both the Operations and Corruption Prevention Departments. Taking the decision to stay permanently in Hong Kong, he settled down, married;〔 in 1980, he joined the Hong Kong Government as an Administrative Officer.〔Rowse, Mike (Official biography ), rowse.com.hk, retrieved 30 March 2010〕 Rowse was made the first Director of the Financial Secretary’s Office, a post he occupied from 1997–2000 under then Financial Secretary, Donald Tsang. From 1999–2000, he was the first Commissioner for Tourism.〔 In November 1999, Rowse negotiated the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort deal on behalf of the government〔Landler, Mark (2 July 1999), (Hong Kong and Disney to Keep Discussing a Theme Park ), ''The New York Times'' 〕 in which the government became the park's largest shareholder; he then set up InvestHK, and was appointed its Director General on 1 July 2000.〔 As head of the agency, he became involved in HarbourFest, an event to promote Hong Kong in the aftermath of the SARS outbreak in 2003 which became a political scandal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Rowse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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