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REGISTRY No. 51 31 MAY 1972
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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 456 OF 27 MAY.
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MY DESPATCH OF 19 MAY. APPOINTMENTS TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
K.S. LO HAS ASKED TO RETIRE FOR REASONS OF HEALTH. INSTEAD I
WISH TO APPOINT MR ROGER LOBO. BRITISH SUBJECT OF PORTUGUESE EXTRACTION OF WELL-KNOWN, WEALTHY MACAU FAMILY, AGE 49. FOR THE LAST 7 YEARS NOMINATED MEMBER OF URBAN COUNCIL. HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE
AND USEFUL IN INSISTING ON MORE SENSIBLE POLICY TOWARDS HAWKERS
AND RESETTLEMENT ESTATES.
2. ACTIVE IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE FIELD, E.G. MEMBER OF BOARD OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST, MEMBER OF SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, VICE CHAIRMAN SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND, ALSO DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, CIVIL AID SERVICES. PAST-PRESIDENT JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
3. I HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO PROPOSE HIM FOR APPOINTMENT NEXT YEAR. HE WOULD STRENGTHEN LEGCO ON SOCIAL WELFARE SIDE, AND WOULD ALSO BE VALUABLE AS A SOUND BUSINESS MAN WITHOUT DIRECT
TEXTILE OR MANUFACTURING AFFILIATIONS. I AM ALSO ANXIOUS TO BRING
ON SOMEONE WHO COULD EVENTUALLY STEP INTO THE SHOES OF SIR ALBERT
RODRIGUES AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE THIRD COMMUNITY. BUT HE
IS THE BEST CHOICE FOR LEGCO ON HIS MERITS.
4. HE WOULD SIT ON THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THUS, WITH MRS SYMONS, FORM A USEFUL IF TOTALLY UNOFFICIAL LINK, SUCH A LINK HAS EXISTED
FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE PAST BUT HAS RECENTLY BEEN LACKING.
5. PLEASE APPROVE.
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