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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1979

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TWO NEW UNOFFICIALS APPOINTED TO LEGCO

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED CHANGES IN THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

NEWLY APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL ARE MR. HU FA-KUANG AND MR. WONG PO-YAN,

FOUR UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED. THEY ARE THE HON. LI FOOK-WO, THE HON. ALEX WU SHU-CHIH, DR. THE HON, RAYSON LISUNG HUANG AND THE HON. CHARLES YEUNG SIU-CHO.

TWO UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, MR. JAMES WU AND MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN HAVE RETIRED FROM THE COUNCIL.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT MR. WU AND MR. CHEONG-LEEN WOULD BE A LOSS TO THE COUNCIL.

MR. WU WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL IN 1972 AND HAS RETIRED DUE TO PRESSURE OF BUSINESS.

MR. CHEONG-LEEN WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL IN 1973 AND HAS SERVED CONTINUOUSLY EVER SINCE.

THE FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:-

MR. HU FA-KUANG WAS BORN IN CHINA IN 1924 AND OBTAINED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY.

AN ENGINEER AND DIRECTOR OF THE RYODEN ELECTRIC COMPANY, MR. HU HAS DEVOTED MUCH TIME TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND VOLUNTARY WORK.

MR. HU HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE URBAN COUNCIL SINCE 1973 AND HAS SERVED ON A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE AND RECREATION.

HE IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL'S CULTURAL AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE AND ALSO OF THE RECREATION ACTIVITIES SUB-COMMITTEE AS WELL AS BEING VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION AND AMENITIES SELECT COMMITTEE.

HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE INCLUDES WORK WITH THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORTS AND A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTS AND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS.

MR. HU IS MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN.

MR. WONG PO-YAN WAS BORN IN CHINA IN 1923 AND RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF AMOY.

MR. WONG IS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF UNITED OVERSEAS ENTERPRISES LTD., INTEROCEAN FISHERY SUPPLY LTD., UNITED SYNTHETIC NETTING AND WEAVING FACTORY LTD., AND KAR YUÊN GODOWN CO., LTD. HE IS ALSO DIRECTOR OF NOMURA INTERNATIONAL (HONG KONG) LTD.

MR. WONG IS A MEMBER OF THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD, THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, A VICE-PRESIDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION. HE HAS A WIDE RECORD OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

HE IS MARRIED WITH SIX CHILDREN.

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