Alan John Carter CBE ISO JP (Chinese: 賈達德; 5 August 1929 – 1 April 2016) was a British and Hong Kong immigration official.
These meetings, in which Regina Ip was one of his assistants, resulted in the introduction of the second-generation computerised Hong Kong identity card as well as the British National (Overseas) passport in 1987.
It arrived in Kinmen to apply for asylum, but was rejected and slaughtered by the Republic of China Army on 7 March, then the boat was burnt to destroy the evidence.
The documents signed by Director Carter for the Vietnamese captain on 12 December 1986, and for the passenger refugees on 12 January 1987 were also hidden, along with other English and French evidence from Singapore and Vietnam, during the later court martial process after being exposed by media.
[8] As Hong Kong and China started to develop closer ties in the 1980s, Carter opened a number of new immigration checkpoints and facilities, including the Sha Tau Kok and Lok Ma Chau Control Points, the new Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal in Sheung Wan and the China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui, etc.