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(e) The new Urban Council franchise (see para. 3 of
Brief No, 4) should be applied to Legislative Council
elections",
Mrs, White was discouraging on the subject of changes in the
central government institutions, indicating that in her view
the possibilities of improvement lay in the field of local
·government,
Hong Kong Civic Association
re Founded in 1954, with the declared aim of enabling people
who had an interest in the civic and political life of the Colony
to join an association with more balanced and restrained views
than those expressed by the Reform Club. In a memorandum
presented to Mr. Bottomley in January, 1964 the Civic Association
stated that its aims were:-
(a) to preserve Hong Kong as a citadel of democracy
within the British Commonwealth;
(b) to expand the Urban Council into a form of Lower
House or House of Representatives by increasing
the number of elected counsellors;
(c) to have elected Urban Counsellors sitting in the
Legislative and Executive Councils;
(a) to expand the size of the Urban Council franchise;
(e) to establish the status of "Hong Kong citizen".
The Association also considered that a progressive 10 year
development plan should be prepared for Hong Kong with a view
to doubling the standard of living.
The General Committee is predominantly Chinese. It has a
very active Secretary in Mr. Hilton Cheong Leen.
3. Z
Mrs. White met representatives of the Civic Association in
1966. January, They asked what constitutional changes were envisaged in 1966; their chief concern was the future scope and status of
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the Urban Council which, they urged, should be given
/responsibilities
HAS.