FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1980
APPOINTMENTS TO EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY ANNOUNCED A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.
THE REVEREND P.T. MCGOVERN HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
THREE NEW UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN APPOINTED - MR CHAN KAM-CHUEN, BUILDING SERVICES MANAGER OF CABLE AND WIRELESS LIMITED, QUEEN'S COUNSEL JOHN J. SWAINE AND MR WILLIAM BROWN, CHIEF MANAGER OF THE CHARTERED BANK. THIS RAISES THE NUMBER OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS FROM 24 TO 26.
THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOLLOWS HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, BY ORDER-IN-COUNCIL, AMENDING THE ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS ENABLING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF BOTH UNOFFICIAL AND OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO BE INCREASED TO 27.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS WOULD STRENGTHEN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND SHARE OUT THE STEADILY INCREASING WORKLOAD OF THE MEMBERS.
THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL HAD INCREASED CONSIDERABLY OVER RECENT YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE THE VOLUME OF LEGISLATION AND THE DETAILED SCRUTINY OF IT, AS WELL AS COMMITTEE WORK AND HEARING REPRESENTATIONS FROM ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE NUMBER OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WAS 13 IN 1971 AND WAS INCREASED TO 22 IN 1976 AND AGAIN TO 24 IN 1977.
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MR CHAN IS 54 YEARS OLD, MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN. BORN AND EDUCATED IN HONG KONG AND JOINED CABLE AND WIRELESS LIMITED IN 1949. AN ACTIVE TRADE UNION MEMBER, HE BECAME THE SECRETARY OF THE CABLE AND WIRELESS LTD HONG KONG NON-EXPATRIATE STAFF ASSOCIATION IN 1971, THE FOLLOWING YEAR HE TOOK OVER AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION, A POSITION HE HELD FOR FOUR YEARS. SINCE STEPPING DOWN, HE HAS CONTINUED TO ACT AS ADVISER TO THE ASSOCIATION.
HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD SINCE 1977 AND THE PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL SINCE 1976, AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS A LAY ASSESSOR IN THE MAGISTRATES COURTS.
MR SWAINE, OBE, QC, JP WAS BORN IN SHANGHAI IN 1932, IS MARRIED AND HAS FIVÉ CHILDREN, HE WAS EDUCATED IN HONG KONG AND STUDIED AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.
IN ADDITION TO BEING A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG BAR, MR SWAINE IS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND THE INLAND REVENUE BOARD OF REVIEW, AND IS CHAIRMAN OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL'S REVIEW SUB-COMMITTEE.
MR BROWN IS 49 YEARS OLD, MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN. HE IS CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE EXCHANGE BANKS' ASSOCIATION.
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