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The Hong Kong Democratic Solf-Government Party
13. Founded in October, 1963 from the "Self Government Committee of the U.H.A. In July, 1964 two splinter partios (see below) wore formed
following disagroomonts within the party. No significant activity by the
D.S.G.P. has been reported sinco. Monbership appears to have been at
most 200.
Hong Kong Socialist Democratic Party
14. Founded in July, 1964 by SUNG Po Kung, at one time Lieut.-General
in the Chinese Nationalist Army and a founder member of a Chinese Political
Party of a similar nano which still exists in Taiwan. Chinese Nationalist
supporters are heavily represented on the Committee. SUNG visited England in 1964, and claimed (U.K.) Labour Party support on his return, on the strength of meetings with Mr. Cunningham (of Transport House). No
significant activity has been reported in recent months. Little is known of
this Party's aims. It sponsorod Mr. Rankin's visit to Hong Kong in July,
1964; ho attended its inauguration and accepted the position of Honorary
President.
The Labour Party of Hong Kong
15. The second of the two splinter partics formed in July, 1964 from the D.S.G.P. of Hong Kong. In August 1965 the party's nonbership was reported
to bo possibly 20. The principal officers are:-
(a) Mr. TANG hon Tsai, a young Chinese solicitor;
(b) Mr. K. Hopkin Jenkins, a Southern Rhodesian teacher at
la Sallo College; and
(c) Mr. Konnedy-Skipton (see paragraph 10 above).
The
16. The party petitioned the Secretary of State in January 1965 asking
that the Logislative Council should bo nado fully elective on a wide
franchise and that the Executive Council should be replaced by a Cabinot of persons nominated by the majority party in the Legislative Council. roply invited attention to the Minister's answer to a question in the louso
on the 26th November 1964 (in which it was stated that the Secretary of Stato had no immediato plans for further constitutional change but would consider any ways within the present constitutional framework in which the poople might be more closely associated with the government of the territory), and added that this statement represented the policy of Her
Majesty's Government.
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/Mrs. sio Hliott