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How best

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to play the hand? How much difficulty does the Governor expect to have in selling the outcome to the liberal members of LegCo and hence to Westminster opinion?

Mr Goodlad will also be seeing the Governor for a private lunch on 1 July. That might be the occasion to ask the Governor about his present intentions on senior appointments, particularly a successor to Sir David Ford as Chief Secretary.

Bidhath

PF Ricketts

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