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This submission is a follow-up to my submission

of 24 June concerning appointments to the Hong Kong

Executive Council.

2. The appointments of all members (other than ex

officio members) of the Hong Kong Legislative Council

will expire on 30 June and in his letter dated 12

June the Governor has sent us his views and recom-

mendations on the future membership of the Council.

3. A list setting out the present membership is

attached. The list also gives the date of first

appointment of each member.

14. The fact that the appointments of all 13 unof-

ficial members expire on 30 June, 1970, is the con-

trived result of an agreement reached with the Governor

last year at a time when Sir David Trench's own term

of office as Governor was due to expire in April, 1970.

The intention then was to give his successor a free

hand in making his own selections for appointment to

the Council shortly after his assumption of office.

Since then Sir David's term of office has been twice

further extended (first by six months until October,

1970, and then by a further year until October, 1971).

He will therefore remain as Governor for the next 151⁄2

months.

5.

Official Members: It has already been agreed with

the Governor that the existing eight nominated official

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