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for Labour, and I propose he too be re-appointed. will have left on retirement by 30th June, being replaced as Director of Social Welfare by TODD, who I propose also take his place on Council. Some temporary arrange- ments may be necessary in one or two of the above cases to fit in with returns from leave, etc., etc.
15. Unofficial Members The appointments of F.S. LI, SZETO Wal, and WONG Sien-bing do not expire until 30th
but June 1967. The rest expire on 30th June, 1966: GORDON is the JP nomination and ROSS is the Chamber of Commerce nomination. I write further of these below. FUNG Hon-chu, TANG Ping-yuan, TSE Yu-chuen, K.A. WATSON and WOO Pak-chuen have only served 2 years. They have all been useful members, and indeed are growing in usefulness as they gain experience; I propose they be re-appointed. We are left therefore with RUTTONJEE, C.Y. KWAN and Y.K. KAN for consideration only.
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Ruttonjee is the only non-Chinese local-born member of the Council, on which he will have served 121⁄2 years in broken periods, and as such should
One stay on until a suitable replacement comes forward. such is in mind, but he is a little young and inexperienced yet to put on to Legislative Council. Ruttonjee is an active member of the, Council though sometimes a source of friction between members. He has a substantial income from his father's estate, but is himself only in business in a small way, preferring to spend most of his time in philanthropic and other public duties. I propose he be re-appointed.
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C.Y. Kwan will have served 7 years on Legislative Council, and I think he may be amenable to a
I would not however like to suggestion that he now retire. press the matter too hard if he shows reluctance - he is too useful a man to upset: and moreover the proportion of fully experienced members will in any case be somewhat low without him. I propose therefore to sound him out first and, if he will retire without rancour, to propose Mrs. ELLEN LI (who has acted in a temporary capacity on several Occasions) in his place.
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I would prefer that Y.K. Kan should stay on Council (particularly if Kwan goes) in order that he may add a little experience to it, but it is possible that, if he goes on Executive Council, he may ask to come off Legislative Council. I would accept this if he does so ask; proposing S.Y. CHUNG (who has acted temporarily) in his place. Dr. Chung is an industrialist and an expert in matters of productivity and management; he is not, I think, a particularly wealthy man (though no doubt his
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