CONFIDENTIAL
Mr Ricketts
Mr Hum
John's
PS/Mr Goodlad
Mimiter
-1 MAR 1993
FROM: N C G Whitney
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 1 March 1993
Cc:
Miss Brooks,
Legal Advisers
Mr Wallace, WIAD
Ani13.
HONG KONG: DECLARATION OF INTEREST BY THE GOVERNOR
Problem
Whether the Governor should make a Declaration of Interest
in the Executive Council (ExCo).
1.
A
B
Recommendation
2. I recommend that we do not object to the Governor making a Declaration of Interest, but draw his attention to points made by our Legal Counsellor and WIAD.
Background and Argument
3.
There has been some interest in Hong Kong, mainly generated by the press, that the Governor should make a Declaration of
Interest in ExCo in the same manner as other members. Members
of ExCo are required to register their interest in a prescribed confidential form. Although the Governor is the President
rather than a member of ExCo, he would have no objection to
completing the same form. He has asked whether Ministers and Legal Advisers have any views before he does so.
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