Arthur Hacker (illustrator)

Arthur Hacker or Xu Jingya (June 1, 1932 - October 9, 2013) was a Hong Kong illustrator, painter and historian from the United Kingdom who served in the Hong Kong government from 1967 to 1989.

[2][3] In 1967, Hacker was hired by the Hong Kong government to come to Hong Kong in the same year to serve as artistic director of the Government Information Service.

He was subsequently promoted to creative director in 1974 and retired from the Hong Kong government in 1989 with the rank of Chief Information Officer.

He designed posters, stamps, publications, advertisements and exhibition layouts, etc.

Among the more well-known ones are the fourth and fifth sets of stamps issued by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973 and 1982 respectively, and the then Hong Kong Governor MacLehose.