TNAG-0430-FCO40-495-Appointments-of-membership-of-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Ko-1974 — Page 54

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M DA Clinton Esq CMG GM Deputy Colonial Secretary Colonial Secretariat HONG KONG

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Date 21 August 1974

APPOINTMENTS TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

1.

I enclose a formal despatch informing you of Her Majesty's Instructions in response to the Governor's despatches of 10 and 23 July. I take it that, unlike previous appointments of Official Members, these appointments are deliberately being made for an indefinite period.

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Incidentally, we see from the Daily Information bulletin of 9 August (page 7) that the five new Unofficial Members of LegCo, proposed in your telegram no 611 of 5 June and approved in our telegram no 591 of 25 June, were duly appointed. However, we have not yet received a formal despatch about these changes.

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A C Stuart

Hong Kong & Indian Ocean

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