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WAS EDUCATED IN TAIWAN, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INSTRUCTOR IN CHENG CHI UNIVERSITY TAIWAN AND FOR 5 YEARS EDITOR OF THE TAIWAN
COMMERCIAL PRESS.. HHE 11S NOT KNOWN TO HAVE TAKEN PART IN ANY POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND I BELIEVE HIS APPOINTMENT WOULD NOT CAUSE CONCERN TO NCNA. I KNOW HIM WELL AND AM SURE THAT HIS LIBERALISM AND KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL WORK AND GOOD SENSE WOULD
BE A VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE COUNCIL.
B.
10. WHILE I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THESE PROPOSALS FURTHER
WHEN I VISIT LONDON NEXT MONTH, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR
CONFIRMATION BEFORE THIS WEEK-END THAT THESE PROPOSALS ARE
BROADLY ACCEPTABLE. THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE TIME TO MAKE ANY
ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS AFTER MY RETURN IN MID-AUGUST,
11. DROADLY SPEAKING, IN LOCAL TERMS, THIS PACKAGE OF RETIREMENTS
AND APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SEEN AS A SLIGHT FURTHER MOVE IN THE
DIRECTION OF BROADENING REPRESENTATION IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
ALL ARE COMPARATIVELY YOUNG. THE APPOINTMENTS OFF PROFESSOR KING AND
MR SO WOULD BE THOSE THAT WOULD ATTRACT MOST LOCAL ATTENTION
WHILE OTHERS, AND IN PARTICULAR NEWBIGGING AND SANDBERG, WOULD BE
SEEN AS MERELY SOUND APPOINTMENTS IN THE HONG KONG TRADITION,
THOUGH THE TWO MEN HAPPEN TO BE PERSONALLY UNTYPICAL OF IT. MACHEHOSE
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LEGAL ADVISERS
PS/LORD GORONWY ROGERTS
MR CORTA'ZZI
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