members should be re-appointed with effect from 1 July
for a further period of one year (or for so long as
they hold their present offices). The Governor now
proposes that, if we accept his recommendation that
Mr Rowe, Director of Social Welfare, should be
(this was agreed last week), appointed to the Executive Council the latter should
m Rome be replaced on the Legislative Council in September,
1970, by Mr Tsui, at present Deputy Secretary for
Home Affairs, who is to become Head of the Resettle-
ment Department at that time. This recommendation
is worth supporting since, apart from the fact that
Mr Tsui has already served both on the x-cutive and
Legislative Councils in the past whilst acting as
Secretary for Home Affairs, it would mean that the
official members would continue to include a Chinese
member. The only existing Chinese official member
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of the Council, Dr Teng, Director of Medical Services,
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is due to retire in July, 1970.
6.
Unofficial Members:
It has also been agreed with
the Governor that, as an interim measure, all the 13
existing nominated unofficial members should be re-
appointed on a provisional basis for an unspecified
period, with effect from 1 July. This arrangement
(which is in accordance with the Royal Instructions)
in whil was adopted in order to allow more time for consider
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ven to the selection of persons for
appointment on a substantive basis,
7. We have for the past two or three years been
en joining the Governor to broaden the basis for his
selection of unofficial members for appointment betr
to the Executive and to the Legislative Councils (i.e.
by extending it beyond the business and professional
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