MF WHILE, SOME LONDON SOURCES ALSO POINTED OUT THAT SENIOR A IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE WERE STILL UNHAPPY THAT THE PLUM JÖF HK GOVERNOR HAD GONE TO A POLITICIAN. THEY THEREFORE EXERTE PRESSURE ON MR. PATTEN IN THE HOPE THAT HE WOULD APPOINT ΟΝΕ Ο THEM AS HIS SENIOR ADVISER. HOWEVER, SOME SOURCES FELT THAT INEVITABLY CHANGES WOULD BE MADE TO THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE IF MR. PATTEN WAS EXPECTED TO USE HIS POLITICAL SKILLS
EFFECTIVELY.
A SOURCE INDICATED THAT MR. PATTEN WOULD SOONER OR LATER FIND OUT HE COULD NOT ADMINISTER THE TERRITORY THROUGH MAKING OCCASIONAL TELEPHONE CALLS TO THE PRIME MINISTER.
BESIDES,
IT WAS BELIEVED THAT MR. PATTEN HAD EXPRESSED SOME OF HIS VIEWS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF HK WHEN HE MET THE SENIOR EXCO MEMBER, BARONESS DUNN, LAST WEEK. HE WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE AGAIN WHEN HE MET A THREE-MEMBER DELEGATION OF CRC UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ALLEN LEE THIS WEEK, AND UDHK CHAIRMAN MARTIN LEE AND MEMBERS OF HIS GROUP NEXT WEEK.
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SEATS DURING THE LEGCO DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1995 WILL BE THE FIRST THING MR. PATTEN HAS TO DEAL WITH WHEN HE COMES HERE.
WILSON
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