GR 1100
PRIORITY
CYPHER CAT A
GM HONG KONG 270220%
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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 785 OF 27 JUNE 1978
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APPOINTMENTS TO EXCO AND LEGCO DUE AUGUST 31.
EXCO
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1. SIR Y K KAN AND SIR SIDNEY GORDON HAVE BOTH TOLD ME THAT
THEY WISH TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR. FOR MY PART I VALUE THEIR ADVICE
AND WANT TO KEEP THEM AS LONG AS I CAN. INCIDENTALLY THE LATTER HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT AND HELPFUL ALLY ABOUT ANYTHING THAT REALLY MATTERS THOUGH I DO NOT THINK THIS IS REALISED IN THE FCO.
2. THE IMPLICATION OF THESE RETIREMENTS NEXT YEAR IS THAT IT WOULD BE IMPRUDENT TO MAKE OTHER CHANGES AT THAT TIME, SO THAT IF THE REST OF EXCO IS NOT TO BE FROZEN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE SHOULD MAKE CHANGES NOW.
3. THE PERFORMANCE IN EXCO OF BOTH MR ANN AND MRS SYMONS HAS BEEŃ.
PROGRESSIVELY INEFFECTIVE. THE FORMER HAS GIVEN VERY FINE SERVICE OVER A WIDE FIELD IN HIS DAY, BUT IS NOW PAST IT. HE WAS VERY ILL TWO YEARS AGO AND I THINK THIS HAS AFFECTED HIM. MRS SYMONS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT DISAPPOINTMENT IN EXCO THOUGH OBVIOUSLY A WOMAN OF CONSIDERABLE QUALITY AND A FIRST-CLASS HEADMISTRESS.
4.
RECOMMEND THAT THE FOLLOWING BE APPOINTED INSTEAD :-
A. MR SANDBERG, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK. IT IS
VERY USEFUL TO HAVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK ON EXCO, AND MR SANDBERG IS A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT AND LIBERAL PERSON WITH AN EXCELL ENT RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
B. MR LOBO, HAS BEEN FOR SIX YEARS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. HIS PUBLIC SERVICE INCLUDES MANY YEARS ON THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE CIVIL AID SERVICES, OF WHICH HE IS CURRENTLY COMMANDANT. THOUGH A BRITISH SUBJECT HE COMES OF A WELL-KNOWN PORTUGUESE FAMILY WITH STRONG MACAU CONNECTIONS. THOUGH HE QUALIFIES FOR EXCO IN HIS OWN RIGHT, HIS APPOINTMENT WOULD BE WELCOMED BY THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES.
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