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(E) TAM YIU-CHUNG (LABOUR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY). VICE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COMMUNIST-CONTROLLED HK FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ITS SOLE CANDIDATE IN THE LEGCO DIRECT ELECTIONS, THE FTU IS THE LARGEST LEFT-WING GROUP IN HK AND STILL A POLITICAL FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
(F) MOSES CHENG MOOCHI CAPPOINTED MEMBER). A MEMBER OF THE CO-OPERATIVE RESOURCES CENTRE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE OF THE NEW APPOINTED MEMBERS, HE IS TAKING AN INCREASINGLY ACTIVE ROLE IN LEGCO.
A SELECTION FROM THE ABOVE WOULD GIVE A GOOD CROSS-SECTION
OF THE CURRENT FORCES IN LEGCO.
4.
CHINESE NEW YEAR IS A GOOD TIME, IN THE SENSE THAT LEGCO IS IN RECESS FOR TWO WEEKS, BUT MAY BE INCONVENIENT FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS WITH THEIR FAMILY. THE EASTER RECESS
(BETWEEN 9 APRIL AND 28 APRIL MAY BE BETTER.
WILSON
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OVIS
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28
DISTRIBUTION
28
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
SIR J COLES
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