THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1991
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GOVT ANNOUNCES EXCO APPOINTMENTS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD REAPPOINTED THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
BARONESS DUNN DBE JP
MR ALLEN LEE OBE JP
MR WILLIAM PURVES CBE DSO JP
MRS RITA FAN OBE JP
MR E B WIGGHAM CBE JP
PROFESSOR WANG GUNGWU CBE
HE ALSO ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING NEW APPOINTMENTS:
MRS SELINA CHOW OBE JP
MR EDWARD HO JP
MR HUI YIN-FAT OBE JP
MR ANDREW WONG OBE JP
ALL THESE APPOINTMENTS WILL RUN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30 1993.
IN ANNOUNCING HIS APPOINTMENTS, SIR DAVID SAID:
"MY AIM HAS BEEN TO FORM AN EXPERIENCED TEAM THAT HAS STRONG LINKS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT REFLECTS AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OF THE MAIN STRANDS OF POLITICAL OPINION IN HONG KONG. I HAVE THEREFORE CHOSEN PEOPLE FROM A WIDE RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE IN LEGCO.
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THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT IN MAKING HIS APPOINTMENTS, HE HAD ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE NEED FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CONTINUE ΤΟ OPERATE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
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MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE TO GIVE THEIR BEST ADVICE THE WIDE RANGE OF DIFFICULT ISSUES PUT BEFORE THEM, THEY MUST THAT THIS ADVICE AND THEIR DISCUSSIONS WILL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL, ALSO THAT THE DECISIONS TAKEN COLLECTIVELY BY THE COUNCIL WILL AFTERWARDS BE CRITICISED PUBLICLY BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL." DAVID SAID.
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SIR DAVID ALSO PAID A WARM TRIBUTE TO THE RETIRING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MISS MARIA TAM, MR CHENG HON-KWAN AND DR DANIEL TSE, AND THANKED THEM FOR THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY HAD MADE TO THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL DURING THEIR MEMBERSHIP,
DETAILS OF THE FOUR NEW MEMBERS OF EXCO ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MRS SELINA CHOW LIANG SHUK-YEE OBE JP
AGED 46. DIRECTOR AND CONSULTANT OF ASIA TELEVISION LIMITÉD. AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SINCE 1981. MEMBER OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION. FORMERLY CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL AND MEMBER OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL FOR PERFORMING ARTS, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION AND THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD.
/MR EDWARD