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APPOINTMENTS IN HONG KONG
1.
Curtis Keeble has shown me your letter to
him of 13 February about appointments to the
posts of Chief Justice and Chief Secretary.
I have consulted Lord Goronwy-Roberts and am
writing to let you know that, although we have not yet consulted the Dependent Territories Senio
Appointments Board, we agree that Denys Roberts
should take over as Chief Justice next March
and that Cater should succeed him as Chief
Secretary. I would not expect the Board to
disagree. We think, however, that in order to
give Denys Roberts father longer to prepare
himself for the job it might be better to
bring forward the /appointment of a new
Chief Secretary to, say, 1 July of this year.
We also think that in view of Cater's age
and the fact that it would not be fair to tie
the hands of four successor, whoever he may be,
for too long/after he has taken over, Cater's
appointment/should in the first instance be for
a fixed period of two years. This should be
sufficient, I think, to ensure a smooth
handover
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