No. CONFIDENTI AL(2)
16
50 py
Sir,
ADE:
23
18
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG,
26th November, 1931.
With reference to the final paragraph of
my confidential despatch of the 16th of June, 1931,
I have the honour to inform you that I have,
provisionally and subject to His Majesty's pleasure,
appointed Mr. Chau Tsun Nin to be an Unofficial
Member of the Legislative Council in succession to
Sir Shouson Chow whose second term of office expires on
the 1st of December, 1931.
2. Mr. Chau who was educated at Queen's College
Oxford is a Barrister of the Middle Temple. He was
called to the Bar on the 17th of November, 1914, and
was admitted to practice in Hong Kong on the 24th of January, 1916. He has not however practised as a Barrister for some years, having been fully occupied
in business, chiefly in connection with Insurance and Shipping. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace
on the 23rd of November, 1923, and has been a member
of the Sanitary Board since March, 1929. In addition
he has served on various occasions on the District
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,
&C.,
&c.
&c.
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