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MONDAY, AUGUST 、, 1984

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+ THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY HAS NOW APPOINTED THE FOLLOWING TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE MONITORING TEAM:

* THE RT HON SIR PATRICK NAIRNE, GCB, MC,

MASTER OF ST. CATHERINE'S COLLEGE, OXFORD AND FORMERLY PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY.

* MR JUSTICE SIMON LI, A JUSTICE OF APPEAL

OF THE HONG KONG SUPREME COURT.

→THE MONITORING TEAM IS EXPECTED TO START WORK AT ABOUT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AND TO COMPLETE ITS TASK DURING NOVEMBER.+

COMMENTING ON THE APPOINTMENTS, THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE COMBINATION OF THE TALENTS AND EXPERIENCE OF TWO SUCH DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS WOULD DEFINITELY ENSURE THAT THE TASK OF THE MONITORING TEAM WAS EFFECTIVELY CARRIED OUT. MR JUSTICE LI, HE SAID, IS WELL KNOWN IN HONG KONG AS A PROMINENT AND RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY BOTH IN HIS JUDICIAL CAPACITY AND BECAUSE OF HIS MANY OTHER INTERESTS. SIR PATRICK BRINGS WITH HIM A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE GAINED DURING A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM CIVIL SERVICE AND SUBSEQUENTLY AS MASTER OF ST. CATHERINE'S COLLEGE, OXFORD, AND CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX.

THE COST OF THE MONITORING TEAM WOULD BE MET BY HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, HE ADDED.

GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR PEKING

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, LEFT FOR PEKING THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON TO TAKE PART IN ANOTHER ROUND OF SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

SIR EDWARD WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE; AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, MR OSWALD CHEUNG THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO; AND THE VICE-CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR TAN GAN.