 Starting in 1959 the chief official overseeing the day-to-day affairs of the islands (for the Governor) was the Administrator.Upon Jamaica's independence in 1962, the Cayman Islands broke its administrative links with Jamaica and opted to become a direct dependency of the British Crown, with the chief official of the islands being the Administrator.In 1953 the first airfield in the Cayman Islands was opened as well as the George Town Public hospital.