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4.

All official appointments are

bain,

on an annuort

exercise

but they provide hithe room for the exer.

of choice.

On Leg. Co.

There

are

Jour ex-efficie

The

and eight nominated official members;

latter are

Which more or less pick themselves.

The heads of the major Gort department's

On Ex. Co.

There is usually one

nommiated officical

in

addition to the five ex-officio members. The

nammation falls

in practice

The head of one

e.q. Medicala Health

of the larger department's e

Services (Dr. Teng in the present appointment"),

P.W.D.,

Commerc

and

Industry

2412 Some

Scope for choice

regard for seniority. There is

This solitary appointment.

5.

So for

B

unofficial members

ame

and

Concerned

yel

closed

Ону

has shown.

dech

the field is wide open

the correspondence in the last few years

But for other reasons

ん

The Governor's clearing of the

in 1970

would

not have given the new

Governor quite the free hand that was

intended

as

S pointed

ont (para 5-)

ти

Submission last-

;

continuity

is

year

required on there Cormails and

some element of

my own judgment is

50%

more that not be than

should be changed at-

any Gwen

time,

S

am

inclined not to favour the renewal The appointments for one lesser period would be quite unusual

of are

year (a

it's purpose perhaps for obsions);

and

Some

The unofficials have been members for a very long time (e.g. Sur A. Rodrigues,

No. Fung Ping-Jan

Kwan, Nr. Claque

No. Y. K. Kan

С

Leg. Co.)

Ser C.Y.

on

Ex.6;

although some of