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DRAET BREEF FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR MEETING WITH MR. ANTHONY ROYLE MP
AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AT 3.50 p.m. ON 13 MARCH
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HWB 18/65.
The Secretary of State is seeing Mr. Anthony Royle on 13 March. Slow understood that"
for the purpose of
The meeting is expected to be a brief one and Mr. Royle intends to
present to the Secretary of State a petition from the Heung Yee Kuk
of Hong Kong.
d. The Heung Yee Kuk (the Rural Consultative Council of the
advisearing New Territories, Hong Kong) is a statutory elected body whose, functions
include the promotion of co-operation and understanding among the
people of the New Territories; and between the Hong Kong Government
and the people of the New Territories. It also advises the Government
on the social and economic developments in the area.
3. We have been informed by the Governor that the petition
contains recommendations relating to:
(a) New Territories Land Policy;
(b)
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promotion of tourism in the New Territories;
improvements to New Territories roads;
assistance to farmers over training, employment and sale of produce;
representation of the Heung Yee Kuk on the Legislative and Executive Councils;
changes in the administrative structure of the New Territories and in the powers of the Heung Yee Kuk.
4. A delegation from the Heung Yee Kuk paid a goodwill visit to
this country last year: in the course of that visit (which lasted
approximately six weeks) the delegation met the Commonwealth Secretary
and Lord Shepherd and presented memoranda to them. The Governor has
(which we have not yet seen: informed us that the contents of the present petition/are, to a limited extent, related to the matters mentioned in those memoranda, which are
some
still under examination in Hong Kong.
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