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6. MY RECOMMENDATION ALSO INVOLVES AN INCREASE # ONE IN UNOFFICIAL. MEMBERSHIP. THIS IS TO INCREASE THE OVERLAP BETWEEH
EXCO AND LEGCO. THOUGH THE NUMBER OF UNOFFICIALS FOR THE LATT. HAS DOUBLED IN RECENT YEARS, THAT IN. THE FORMER HAS REMAIN UNCHANGO WITH CONSEQUENT LOSS OF EXCO INFLUENCE IN LEGCO. THIS HAS ADDED GREATLY TO THE BURDEN OF EXPLAINING THE REASONS FOR LEGISLATION AND EXPENDITURE TO UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF LEGCO.
7. NO ORDER-IN-COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO PERMIT THIS INCREASE,
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THE NEED FOR AN INCREASE
OF AT LEAST ONE, IF HOT MORE, 1S WELL APPRECIATED HERE AND WILL CAUSE NO CONTROVERSY.
LEGCO
8. RECOMMENDATIONS AS IN PARA.7 TO 9 OF MY TELEGRAM (RETIRE WILLIAMS, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, KO SIU-WAH, AND APPOINT NEWBIGGING,
PROFESSOR AMBROSE KING AND ANDREW SO).
HE
9. IN ADDITION RETIRE Q.H. LEE AND APPOINT ALAN LEE, AGE 37,
BORN MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AN ELECTRONICS FIRM AMPEX FERROTEC,
A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE SHANGHAI, EDUCATED IN HONG KONG AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YOUNG PUBLIC-SPIRITED TECHNOCRATS, HAS DELIBERATELY BEEN CHOSEN FROM THE EMERGING NON-TEXTILE SECTOR
OF INDUSTRY. PUBLIC SERVICE INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP OF THE ELECTRONICS MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
CHAIRMAN OF THE ELECTRONICS TRAINING OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE GENERAL
BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL. COMMITTEE OF THE FEDERATION OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIES.
7. SINCE APPOINTMENTS MUST BE ANNOUNCED BY AUGUST 31ST AND I MUST START IMMEDIATE SOUNDINGS, GRATEFUL FOR VERY EARLY REPLY
TO THESE PROPOSALS WHICH DO NOT DEPART IN PRINCIPLE FROM THOSE ALREADY KNOWN TO YOU.
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