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WAS EDUCATED IN TAIWAN, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INSTRUCTOR IN CHENG CHI UNIVERSITY TAIWAN AND FOR 5 YEARS EDITOR OF THE TAIWAN

COMMERCIAL PRESS.. HHE 11S NOT KNOWN TO HAVE TAKEN PART IN ANY POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND I BELIEVE HIS APPOINTMENT WOULD NOT CAUSE CONCERN TO NCNA. I KNOW HIM WELL AND AM SURE THAT HIS LIBERALISM AND KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL WORK AND GOOD SENSE WOULD

BE A VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE COUNCIL.

B.

10. WHILE I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THESE PROPOSALS FURTHER

WHEN I VISIT LONDON NEXT MONTH, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR

CONFIRMATION BEFORE THIS WEEK-END THAT THESE PROPOSALS ARE

BROADLY ACCEPTABLE. THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE TIME TO MAKE ANY

ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS AFTER MY RETURN IN MID-AUGUST,

11. DROADLY SPEAKING, IN LOCAL TERMS, THIS PACKAGE OF RETIREMENTS

AND APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SEEN AS A SLIGHT FURTHER MOVE IN THE

DIRECTION OF BROADENING REPRESENTATION IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

ALL ARE COMPARATIVELY YOUNG. THE APPOINTMENTS OFF PROFESSOR KING AND

MR SO WOULD BE THOSE THAT WOULD ATTRACT MOST LOCAL ATTENTION

WHILE OTHERS, AND IN PARTICULAR NEWBIGGING AND SANDBERG, WOULD BE

SEEN AS MERELY SOUND APPOINTMENTS IN THE HONG KONG TRADITION,

THOUGH THE TWO MEN HAPPEN TO BE PERSONALLY UNTYPICAL OF IT. MACHEHOSE

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H K GD (6)

LEGAL ADVISERS

PS/LORD GORONWY ROGERTS

MR CORTA'ZZI

MR MUR12/

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