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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1992

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

NON-

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL:

MR ALLEN LEE, OBE, JP MRS RITA FAN, CBE, JP

PROFESSOR WANG GUNGWU, CBE MRS SELINA CHOW, OBE, JP

MR EDWARD HO, OBE, JP

MR HUI YIN-FAT, OBE, JP

MR ANDREW WONG, OBE, JP

HE ALSO ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING NEW APPOINTMENTS:

MR DENIS CHANG, QC, JP

PROFESSOR EDWARD CHEN

DR RAYMOND CH'IEN

MR ANDREW LI, QC, JP

PROFESSOR FELICE LIEH MAK, OBE, JP

MR CH TUNG

MS ROSANNA WONG, OBE, JP

IN ANNOUNCING HIS APPOINTMENTS, MR PATTEN SAID:

"AS I SAID

TODAY IN MY ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, I HAVE DECIDED THAT AT THIS STAGE OF HONG KONG'S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT THERE SHOULD ANY OVERLAPPING

MEMBERSHIP

BETWEEN THE

EXECUTIVE

AND

NOT BE LEGISLATIVE

COUNCILS.

"I INTEND THE NEW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO BE A NON-PARTY POLITICAL BODY TO WHICH I CAN LOOK FOR SOUND, IMPARTIAL ADVICE ON THE WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATION.

"THE

NON-OFFICIAL

ADVICE

WITHOUT

то EXCO MEMBERS WHOM I AM APPOINTING

ARE CAN GIVE ME SOUND RESPECTED AND DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE WHO I BELIEVE

OF CONFLICTING LOYALTIES

THE

THOUGHTFUL AND ACTIVE DAY-TO-DAY POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT.

"PROFESSOR CHEN AND PROFESSOR LIEH MAK HAVE RESIGNED FROM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND PROFESSOR LIEH MAK HAS RESIGNED FROM THE OPERATIVE RESOURCES CENTRE.'

THE

CO-

OF THE THAT THEY

MR PATTEN PAID A WARM TRIBUTE TO THE RETIRING MEMBERS COUNCIL AND THANKED THEM FOR THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION HAD MADE TO THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL DURING THEIR PERIOD OF MEMBERSHIP.

AN

THE

INCREASINGLY

"AS I SAID THIS AFTERNOON, HONG KONG IS IN THEIR DEBT FOR

GOODWILL THEY SHOWED IN SHOULDERING AND SINCERITY DIFFICULT POLITICAL BURDEN OVER THE PAST YEAR.

"

THE GOVERNOR