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PERSONAL FOR HUM, AUSS FROM GOVERNOR
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MY TELNO 2425 LEGCO APPOINTMENTS
1. PROFESSOR EDWARD CHEN AND PROFESSOR FELICE LIEH MAK HAVE BOTH RESIGNED FROM LEGCO BECAUSE OF THEIR FORTHCOMING APPOINTMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. I WILL BE WRITING TO BOTH OF THEM TOMORROW (7 OCTOBER) TO ACCEPT THEIR RESIGNATIONS.
2. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S APPROVAL FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO FILL THESE TWO VACANCIES.
A. MISS CHRISTINE LO KONG-WAI. AGED 36. DIRECTOR OF THE CIM COMPANY LIMITED. A MEMBER OF THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION, THE BOARD OF REVIEW LONG TERM PRISON SENTENCES AND THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE.
B. MR ROGER LUK KOON-HOO. AGED 41. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HANG SENG BANK. A MEMBER OF THE STATISTICS ADVISORY BOARD.
3. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, CHRISTINE LOH IS A VERY INTELLIGENT, LEGALLY TRAINED YOUNG PROFESSIONAL. SHE USED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG OBSERVERS AND WAS UNTIL RECENTLY A COMMODITY BROKER. SHE HAS RETAINED CLOSE LINKS WITH THE LIBERAL PARTIES IN HONG KONG, AND HER APPOINTMENT SHOULD BE WELCOMED BY THEM. ROGER LUK IS ONE OF OUR LEADING YOUNG ECONOMISTS AND A PROTEGE OF SIR Q W LEE. HIS APPOINTMENT SHOULD THEREFORE BE SEEN AS A NATURAL REPLACEMENT FOR EDWARD CHEN AND WELCOMED BY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
4. I PROPOSE THAT THESE APPOINTMENTS SHOULD RUN FROM 8 OCTOBER 1992 UNTIL THE NEXT DISSOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WHICH I EXPECT TO BE IN 1995. THIS IS THE FORMULA WE USED IN 1991.
5. I WOULD LIKE IF POSSIBLE TO ISSUE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE TWO APPOINTMENTS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EXCO
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