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IT IS NOW FAIRLY WIDELY ASSUMED THAT I WILL BE SEPARATING
• EXCO AND LEGCO, AND BY IMPLICATION THAT THE PRESENT DUAL MEMBERS OF BOTH COUNCILS WILL NOT BE RE-APPOINTED TO EXCO. NEVERTHELESS, THIS IS LIKELY TO COME AS A DISAPPOINTMENT TO SOME OF THEM, PARTICULARLY THE FOUR MEMBERS OF CRC. I HAVE THEREFORE BEEN GIVING CONSIDERABLE THOUGHT TO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SOFTEN THE BLOW, FOR EXAMPLE THROUGH APPROPRIATE HONOURS OR APPOINTMENTS.
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
IF THEY WILL ACCEPT THE JOBS I PROPOSE TO APPOINT THE FOLLOWING NEW NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXCO:
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