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TO ROUTINE F.C.O TELNO.803 OF 29 JUNE 78.

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

1. 1.M. LIGHTBODY, AT PRESENT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION, IS

AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

2. YOU HAVE APPROVED HIS APPOINTMENT AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION, IN SUCCESSION TO SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON,

5 JULY.

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3. THIS WILL CREATE A VACANCY ON EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

THAT D. AKERS-JONES, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, SHOULD BE APPOINTED IN LIGHTBODY'S PLACE UNTIL 31 AUGUST 1983.

4. DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS, DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,

OF WHICH AKERS-JONES HAS GREAT EXPERIENCE, WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT. I THEREFORE BELIEVE THAT AKERS-JONES' CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS OF THE AREA

WILL BE MOST VALUABLE.

5. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS PROPOSAL.

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