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CONFIDENTIAL

Mr Ricketts

Mr Hum

John's

PS/Mr Goodlad

Mimiter

-1 MAR 1993

FROM: N C G Whitney

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 1 March 1993

Cc:

Miss Brooks,

Legal Advisers

Mr Wallace, WIAD

Ani13.

HONG KONG: DECLARATION OF INTEREST BY THE GOVERNOR

Problem

Whether the Governor should make a Declaration of Interest

in the Executive Council (ExCo).

1.

A

B

Recommendation

2. I recommend that we do not object to the Governor making a Declaration of Interest, but draw his attention to points made by our Legal Counsellor and WIAD.

Background and Argument

3.

There has been some interest in Hong Kong, mainly generated by the press, that the Governor should make a Declaration of

Interest in ExCo in the same manner as other members. Members

of ExCo are required to register their interest in a prescribed confidential form. Although the Governor is the President

rather than a member of ExCo, he would have no objection to

completing the same form. He has asked whether Ministers and Legal Advisers have any views before he does so.

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