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favour, since he is not amongst the principal officers of the Federation but only a member of their "Legislation Committee". I doubt whether the Federation would regard his appointment as meeting their desire for representation, but the public may to some extent so regard it. Moreover it is very hard to overlook his previous service on Council without giving the impression of criticizing the previous appointments and administering a severe personal rebuff to the man himself. On balance, therefore, Mr. Fung Hon-chu is recommended for the second place. The only real alternative is to appoint an out-and-out protegee of Sir S.N. Chau's such as Dr. S.Y. Chung, who is largely untried, and whose permanent appointment at this time would be taken as a clear endorsement of Sir Sik-nin.
il. I have very seriously considered an appointment from among the elected members of Urban Council. Publicly, both the Reform Club and the Civic Association have adopted an equivocal attitude to the possibility of their elected Urban Councillors accepting nomination. The Reform Club has indicated that this would require the express approval of its Committee while the Civic Association has stated that the Urban Council should have the right to elect members to the Legislature. These statements make it clear that no elected member would be able to regard himself as appointed in his own right and on his own merits, but rather as being indirectly elected as a spokesman for his party. This is certainly how the public would regard such an appointment. Unofficial opinion, while recognizing the dangers in so doing, was, nevertheless on the whole (with some dissentients) not too opposed to trying an elected member out: but of the two best possibilities Mr. Bernacchi can be irresponsible at times, is now not too well (and is not Chinese) and Dr. Raymond Lee, although well-meaning, is rather woolly minded and is not regarded as a representative Hong Kong Chinese. For the time being therefore I cannot confidently recommend an elected member to one of the seats.
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The next best first step is to recommend Mr. P.C. Woo. As you will see from the biographical notes, he was once an elected member; and his appointment should indicate that being elected does not damn one for ever. is also certainly a good choice in his own right, and his nomination was suggested by a number of unofficial members.
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