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HONG KONG: APPOINTMENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
PROBLEM
1.
The Governor has one seat to fill by appointment on the
Legislative Council following the resignation of Rita Fan.
A
RECOMMENDATION
2.
That the Secretary of State should endorse the
Governor's proposal in the attached telegram that he should
appoint Ms Anna Wu, a liberal lawyer who is a strong
supporter of his constitutional package. I consulted Mr
Goodlad orally before his departure for Bosnia today. He
agreed.
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BACKGROUND
3. I do not know Ms Wu personally. But she seems to have a good record of public service, particularly in the legal community and is therefore a credible candidate in her own
right. Her main attraction to the Governor is clearly that
she would be a firm supporter of the Governor's
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