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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1988

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EXCO REAPPOINTMENTS, APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

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GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, HAD REAPPOINTED MISS LYDIA DUNN, MISS MARIA TAM AND MR ALLEN LEE AS MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 1991, AFTER THE EXPIRY OF THEIR PRESENT APPOINTMENTS ON AUGUST 31 THIS YEAR.

HE HAS ALSO REAPPOINTED DR CHIU HÍN-KWONG AND DR DANIEL TSE FOR TWO MONTHS UNTIL OCTOBER 31 THIS YEAR.

THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO APPOINTED MR JOHN SWAINE AND MRS ROSANNA TAM AS MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THIS YEAR TO OCTOBER 31, 1991.

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SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND MR PETER C. WONG WILL BE RETIRING EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON THE EXPIRY OF THEIR PRESENT APPOINTMENTS ON AUGUST 31 THIS YEAR.

SIR Q.W. LEE'S PRESENT APPOINTMENT DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL DECEMBER 31 THIS YEAR AND THAT OF MR WILLIAM PURVES DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL AUGUST 31 NEXT YEAR.

MISS LYDIA DUNN HAS ACCEPTED THE GOVERNOR'S THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

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IN ANNOUNCING THESE CHANGES, THE GOVERNOR PAID TRIBUTE TO BOTH THE REAPPOINTED AND THE RETIRING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

HE SAID THAT THE WORKLOAD AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COUNCIL HAD CONTINUED TO INCREASE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, MAKING GREATER DEMANDS ON MEMBERS' TIME.

THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT SIR S.Y. CHUNG'S RETIREMENT MARKED THE CONCLUSION OF A LONG PERIOD OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, CULMINATING IN EIGHT YEARS AS SENIOR MEMBER.

HE SAID THAT, DURING ALL OF HIS 23 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, SIR S.Y. CHUNG HAD SERVED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WITH UNSWERVING DEDICATION AND LOYALTY. HIS WISE ADVICE AND EXPERIENCE WOULD GREATLY MISSED.

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