TNAG-0290-FCO40-326-Appointments-to-membership-of-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Ko-1971 — Page 67

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4.

The two exceptions are Mr R Hetherington, Commissioner

of Labour, who is due to go on leave prior to retirement in

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

who will relinquish his post at the end of this month and

succeed Mr Hetherington as Commissioner of Labour in August/

September. In these cases the Acting Governor proposes that

Mr Hetherington 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.

5. Mr Tsui's successor as Commissioner for Resettlement will

be Mr I M Lightbody (Administrative Officer Staff Grade A);

the Acting Governor proposes that Mr Lightbody 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 Council 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 a

temporary vacancy for an Official Member on the Legislative

Council which the Acting Governor proposes to fill by a

provisional appointment.

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