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TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG
8 JULY 1979
(HKK 18/15).
FOLLOWING PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY LORD SORENSEN IS FOR ORAL ANSWER ON 15 JULY: QUOTE TO ASK WHETHER THE CONDITION OF HONG KONG CONTINUES TO BE TRANQUIL: WHAT FURTHER PROGRESS. HAS BEEN MADE IN PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR CHINESE FAMILIES: WHETHER THIS MORE THAN KEEPS PACE WITH THE INCREASE IN POPULATION: AND WHETHER FURTHER CONSTITUTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONTEMPLATED. UNQUOTE.
2. A SIMILAR QUESTION WAS ASKED LAST YEAR BY LORD SORENSEN: OUR TELNO. 348 OF 17 MAY, 1969 REFERS.
3. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR POINTS YOU WOULD WISHED MENTIONED IN ANSWERING FIRST AND LAST PARTS OF QUESTION, AND FOR SUGGESTIONS AND MATERIAL FOR REPLY TO SECOND AND THIRD PARTS. ARE WE RIGHT IN THINKING THAT THERE ARE NOW 93 CONFRONTATION
PRISONERS IN CUSTODY?
4. GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE YOUR REPLY NOT LATER THAN 1000 HOURS 10
JULY.
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