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FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1982

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THE REPORT ATTRIBUTES THE SLOWING DOWN IN THE RATE OF INFLATION TO THE EASING OF BOTH INFLATION RATES ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THE PRESSURE ON PRICES FROM AGGREGATE DEMAND IN THE ECONOMY. THE STRENGTHENING OF THE HONG KONG DOLLAR AND A SLOWING DOWN IN THE GROWTH RATE OF THE MONEY SUPPLY ALSO CONTRIBUTED.

THE HALF-YEARLY ECONOMIC REPORT 1982 IS NOW ON SALE AT $20 A COPY.

EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.

MISS LYDIA DUNN, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SINCE 1976, HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. SHE REPLACES THE REVEREND P.T. MCGOVERN, WHO WILL, HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

DR HENRIETTA IP MAN-HING HAS BEEN APPOINTED AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. SHE REPLACES MR D.K. NEWBIGGING, WHO WILL, HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

DR IP IS 36 YEARS OLD AND SINGLE. SHE WAS BORN IN HONG KONG AND WAS EDUCATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL. A PAEDIATRICIAN IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, SHE IS CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND IS IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE DISADVANTAGED POOR THROUGH HER RESEARCH WORK AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY MEDICAL UNIT. DR IP IS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF ZONTA.

EIGHT UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED. THEY ARE SIR S.Y. CHUNG, MR OSWALD CHEUNG, MR R.H. LOBO, MR LI FOOK-WO, DR HARRY FANG SIN-YANG, MR M.G.R. SANDBERG, MR LO TAK-SHING AND MR D.K. NEWBIGGING. THE OFFICIAL MEMBER, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES. SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, HAS ALSO BEEN REAPPOINTED.

UNOFFICIALS REAPPOINTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE MR R.H. LOBO, DR HARRY FANG SIN-YANG, MR LO TAK-SHING, MR FRANCIS TIEN YUAN-HAO. REVEREND JOYCE M. BENNETT. MR CHEN SHOU-LUM, MISS LYDIA DUNN, DR HENRY HU HUNG-LICK, REVEREND P.T. MCGOVERN MR PETER C. WONG, MR WONG LAM, DR HO KAM-FAI, MR ALLEN LEE PENG-FEI AND MR ANDREW SO KWOK-WING.

THE TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AND ALL REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM NEXT WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 1). THE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS WILL BE FOR ONE YEAR, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF MR AKERS-JONES WHOSE APPOINTMENT AS THE OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IS FOR TWO YEARS.

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