Baroness Dunn retires from ExCo
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, said today (Thursday) that he had accepted the retirement of Baroness Dunn from the Executive Council with effect from the end of July.
Mr Patten said: "Baroness Dunn has announced today that she will be moving to the UK for business and personal reasons. I am sure this was a difficult decision for her to take.
"Lydia Dunn has over the years made an enormous contribution to the community. I shall miss her advice, but I know she will continue to speak out for Hong Kong in the House of Lords."
The Governor added that he did not propose to make any immediate changes to the membership of ExCo.
"As I have said before, I will consider this after the Legislative Council elections in September," he said.
End/Thursday, June 15, 1995
Baroness Dunn's statement
The following is Senior Executive Council Member, the Rt Hon Baroness Dunn's opening statement at tea with the media today (Thursday):
I have been invited to join the Swire Group's parent board in London as an Executive Director as from the middle of 1996, and I have agreed to do so. In that capacity, I shall be given a range of responsibilities for Swire Group business in Hong Kong and in the region. This will keep me closely in touch with the territory's affairs and bring me back here regularly. I shall continue to be a director of John Swire and Sons Hong Kong, Swire Pacific, Cathay Pacific as well as the Hong Kong Bank. I am fortunate to be given such challenging and important opportunities during these next few years.
My new appointment will however mean a move to London. This I plan to do in January next year when I cease to be executive here in Hong Kong. This was a very difficult decision for me. Hong Kong is where I was born and where I belong. But my husband, Michael, and I have both decided that a move at this time of our lives makes sense for us both.
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