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5. THE TWO MONITORS ARE SIR PATRICK NAIRNE AND MR JUSTICE SIMON LI. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(A) SIR PATRICK MAIRNE HAS BEEN MASTER OF ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE,

OXFORD, SINCE 1981 AND CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX SINCE 1983. HE ENTERED THE HOME CIVIL SERVICE IN 1947 AND SERVED FIRST IN THE ADMIRALTY AND MINISTRY OF DEFENCE. HE SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME SECOND PERMANENT SECRETARY IN THE CABINET OFFICE, SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE EUROPEAN UNIT, BETWEEN 1973 AND 1975. HE NEXT SERVED AS PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT

OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY UNTIL MID-1981.

(B) MR JUSTICE LIIS HONG KONG BORN. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR AT

LINCOLN'S INN IN 1951 AND SERVED WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FROM 1953-65. HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE JUDICIARY IN 1966 AND WAS MADE A JUSTICE OF APPEAL IN 1981.

6. THE MONITORS WILL START WORK TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER. THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE WILL MEET THEIR COSTS.

7. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NAMES OF THE MONITORS HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED LOCALLY, THE ONLY MEDIA COMMENT BEING THAT A TEAM OF TWO MAY NOT BE BIG ENOUGH FOR THE TASK. THIS WILL NOT HOWEVER, BE A PROBLEM. THE MONITORS WILL BE OPERATING IN THE SAME BUILDING AS THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE (THE NEWLY OPENED SUPREME COURT BUILDING) AND ALL ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF THE OFFICE WILL BE READILY AVAILABLE

FOR THEIR SCRUTINY.

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LIMITED HKD FED MR BOYD

COPIES TO SIR P CRADOCK (2)

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