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Thursday, May 28, 1970
When he returned to Hong Kong from a holiday in Britain on
13 December 1969 the Governor announced that Her Majesty had again
approved an extension of his term of office. This was for six months
and it meant that by October 1970 he would have served for 6 years as
Governor of Hong Kong.
With the approach of that date public interest and press
speculation has naturally been increasing and questions were put to
Mr. Michael Stewart, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs, when he visited Hong Kong on April 19.
Mr. Stewart was asked if he would give any indication of who the
next Governor will be and "whether Sir David's term of office will be
extended again?" Mr. Stewart replied:- "I am afraid I can't give you
an indication of that at a press conference and you will appreciate that
this has been very much in my mind and that we shall have to reach a
decision on this matter."
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