WOULD ONLY BE THREE WITH DUAL MEMBERSHIP.
BELIEVE THAT THIS
IS DANGEROUSLY LOW. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD DIFFICULTY IN FINANCE
COMMITTEE ON VARIOUS MATTERS APPROVED BY EXCO. I BELIEVE THAT
THE SMALL NUMBER OF EXCO MEMBERS HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.
7. 1 THEREFORE ADVISE THAT Q.W. LEE SHOULD NOT BE REAPPOINTED
TO EITHER COUNCIL.
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8. THE REMOVAL OF SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND LEE WILL LEAVE 0.V. CHEUNG
AS THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF LEGCO. ON PAST PRACTICE, WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO BE SUPERSEDED BY A LESS JUNIOR MEMBER, UNLESS THERE WERE SOMEONE OF OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS.
9. IF Q.W. LEE RETIRES FROM BOTH COUNCILS, F.W. LI SEEMS THE
STRONGEST CANDIDATE. HE WOULD THEN BE A MEMBER OF BOTH COUNCILS.
10. THE WITHDRAWAL OF Q.W. LEE WILL LEAVE A VACANCY IN LEGCO FOR WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ONE OF THE RESERVE OTHER NAMES WE CONSIDERED, SUCH AS HARILELA OR MISS CHANG.
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11. I APOLOGISE FOR BOTHERING YOU WITH THIS WHILE YOU ARE ON
LEAVE BUT I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW AS YOU MAY BE DISCUSSING
THE SUBJECT THIS WEEK IN LONDON.
ROBERTS
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