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EDUCATIONALISTS AND ONE SOCIAL WORKER, APPOINTED BECAUSE OF THEIR PERSONAL QUALITIES AND THEIR STANDING IN LEGCO AND THE COMMUNITY AT
LARGE. BOTH SENIOR MEMBERS OF EXCO AND LEGCO AT PRESENT HAPPEN TO
BE BUSINESS PEOPLE. EXCO ALSO CONTAINS OTHERS WITH A BUSINESS
BACKGROUND.
(E) CENTRAL POLICY UNIT (CPU)
LINE TO TAKE
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CPU IS AN ADVISORY THANK-TANK APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR. IT HAS NO EXECUTIVE POWERS OR POLITICAL ROLE. USE OF CPU ENTIRELY A MATTER FOR THE HKG. QUERY ABOUT POLITICAL BELIEFS NOT
UNDERSTOOD.
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BACKGROUND A VERY ODD ISSUE TO RAISE. REASON NOT CLEAR. KESWICK MET THE CPU, AT MY SUGGESTION, WHEN THEY WERE WORKING ON THE EXTENT OF UK ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT IN HONG KONG. THEY PICKED HOLES IN SOME
OF HIS ARGUMENTS AND HE PROBABLY CAME AWAY FEELING BRUISED.
(F) PADS
THE LIST IN MY TELELETTER OF 17 MAY IS STILL UP-TO-DATE. FOR YOUR BACKGROUND INFORMATION, WE ARE SEEKING FUNDS FROM FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY FOR A CONSULTANCY ON THE DETAILED DESIGN OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING. IF THE FUNDS ARE VOTED, THE CONTRACT WILL GO TO MOTT MCDONALD (A UK FIRM). FOR THE OVERALL FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY, THERE WAS A SHORT LIST OF FOUR (CHARTERED WEST LB/STANDARD CHARTERED ASIA/S.G. WARBURG, MORGAN STANLEY, HAMBROS AND PRUDENTIAL ASIA/WARDLEY). THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE EXAMINING TENDERS WAS THAT THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO MORGAN STANLEY.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL CONTINUING.
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