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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1983

THE NEW APPOINTMENTS ARE MR POON WING-CHEUNG, AN ACCOUNTANT, AGE 49, AND A MEMBER OF BOTH THE SECURITIES COMMISSION AND THE

MR YEUNG PO-KWAN, AGE 44, COMMODITIES TRADING COMMISSION:

MRS PAULINE

PRINCIPAL OF THE MING YIN COLLEGE, AN AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND A LAY ASSESSOR IN THE MAGISTRATES' COURTS NG CHOW MAY-LIN, AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD. A SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE WANG TAU HOM AREA COMMITTEE MR CHAN YING-LUN, AGE 32, AN ELECTED MEMBER OF

AND MRS RITA EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD. A PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER FAN HSU LAI-TAI, THE HEAD OF THE STUDENT AFFAIRS UNIT OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND AN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST.

FOUR OFFICIAL POSTS HAVE ALSO BEEN DROPPED FROM LEGCO, THOSE OF THE TWO REGIONAL SECRETARIES, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS FELT THAT THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE AND THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES REPRESENTED ADEQUATELY THE AREAS OF INTEREST COVERED BY THE FOUR POSTS DROPPED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS WILL IN FUTURE BE A NOMINATED OFFICIAL MEMBER RATHER THAN AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER.

THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, EXCLUDING THE GOVERNOR AS PRESIDENT, WILL NOW STAND AT 29 UNOFFICIALS, THREE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS AND 15 OFFICIALS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A LIST OF ALL MEMBERS OF BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS FOLLOWS FOR EASY REFERENCE.

LIST A

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

LIST B

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (LIST A)

PRESIDED OVER BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, G.C.M.G., M.B.E.

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

(1)

THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF SECRETARY

SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, K.B.E., C.M.G., J.P.

(2) THE HONOURABLE THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES

MAJOR GEN. D. BOORMAN, C.B.

(3) THE HONOURABLE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY

SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, K.B.E.

(4) THE