TNAG-0288-FCO40-324-Appointments-to-membership-of-Executive-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 84

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Official Members of both Councils should again be

reappointed for a further period of 12 months with

effect from 1 July 1971. [

4. The two exceptions are Mr R M Hetherington

Commissioner of Labour,

go on lean prin who is due to retire in

fre tor

September 1971; and Mr P K C Tsui, Commissioner for

hai

Resettlement, who will relinquish that post at the

end of this month and will succeed Mr Hetherington as

August/

Commissioner of Labour in September. In these

He considers that

this is the minime

ssion which Ccould presero Continuity

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without raising

public speculation

and without

prejudning position of the Carmor-designate. (who will assume

cases the Acting Governor proposes that Mr Hetherington

that

be reappointed to the Legislative Council from

1 July 1971 until he relinquishes his post; and that

Mr Tsui should be reappointed to the Council when he

takes over from Mr Hetherington as Commissioner of

Labour in August/September 1971.

5. Mr Tsui's successor as Commissioner for

Resettlement will be Mr I M/Lightbody (Administrative

Ctaff Grade A);

Dice in November)

that in Lightbody Officer) who the Acting Governor proposes should be appointed to the Legislative Council with effect from

4 September 1971 (the date on which he will be taking

over from Mr Tsui).

6. Mr Tsui's appointment to the Legislative Counci

as Commissioner of Labour and Mr Lightbody's

appointment to that body as Commissioner for

Resettlement would both be until 30 June 1972, in

line with the reappointments of other Official

Members.

7.

Acceptance of the above proposals would mean

that there would be no immediate successor to

Mr Tsui as Commissioner for Resettlement when he

relinquishes that post at the end of this month; and

that the post would be vacant until Mr Lightbody took

over in September.

This means that there would be

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