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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1984

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED THREE NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. THESE WILL TAKE EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 1, FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (AUGUST 17) OF AMENDING ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS INCREASING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WHO CAN BE APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL. THREE MEMBERS, ONE UNOFFICIAL AND TWO OFFICIAL, ARE TO STEP DOWN FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. ALL OTHER SERVING MEMBERS OF BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE COUNCILS WHOSE APPOINTMENTS EXPIRE THIS SUMMER HAVE BEEN RE-APPOINTED. THE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

LEAVING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AFTER SEVEN YEARS' SERVICE IS MR CHARLES YEUNG SIU-CHO. MR YEUNG, A SOLICITOR, IS A LEADING PUBLIC FIGURE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. HE IS A COUNCILLOR OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK AND A MEMBER OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AMONG MANY OTHER PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN PAID TRIBUTE TO MR YEUNG'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, NOTING IN PARTICULAR HIS INTEREST IN THE WELFARE OF RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND HIS SIX YEARS' SERVICE ON THE IMPORTANT PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE.

THE NEW MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE MR KEITH LAM HON-KEUNG, MR KIM CHAM YAU-SUM AND MR CARL TONG KA-WING. THE IR APPOINTMENT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO 31.

MR KEITH LAM, AGED 44, IS AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD. MR LAM WAS BORN AND EDUCATED IN HONG KONG, AND IS THE SENIOR PARTNER IN A FIRM OF STOCK BROKERS. IN HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE MR LAM HAS SHOWN A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN REHABILITATION WORK.

MR KIM CHAM, AGED 38, BORN IN HONG KONG AND EDUCATED HERE AND IN CANADA, ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA, HAS BEEN AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE URBAN COUNCIL SINCE 1976, ON WHICH HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADMINISTRATION SELECT COMMITTEE. HE IS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE HONG KONG COMMODITIES EXCHANGE. AMONG HIS OTHER APPOINTMENTS MR CHAM IS A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.

MR CARL TONG, AGED 34, IS AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. BORN AND EDUCATED IN HONG KONG, MR TONG HAS AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION. IS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT.

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COMMENTING ON THESE APPOINTMENTS THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE NEW MEMBERS ALL HAD STRONG LINKS WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION, CONSIDERABLE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ARE HONG KONG CITIZENS BY BIRTH.

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