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RECORD CF A MEETING BETWEEN LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS AND THE GOVERNOR
OF HONG KONG HELD IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ON
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER AT 10.45 am
Those Present:
Lord Goronwy-Roberts
Sir Duncan Watson
Mr Larmour
Mr Male
Mr O'Keeffe
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Sir Murray MacLehose
Mr Kidd, Hong Kong Government
Office
Mr Galsworthy
Mr Hurst, Deputy Labour Adviser
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Mr Milton
Mr Janvrin
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Lord Goronwy-Roberts asked whether there had been any public reaction to the Governor's statement in his Annual Address on possible evolution of the Legislative Council, whether the Governor could give further details of his proposed new members, and whether he felt the move towards open government in Hong Kong was increasing the pressures for a representative system of government. The Governor said that there was interest in his proposals although in his view they were only a continuation of what he had said and done over the preceding two years. He made the point that the success of the new appointments would depend on the calibre of the new members. The changes would be very heavily criticised if they were considered to be a political gimmick. The attitude of existing members to the new arrangements was also important: the new members must be able to play a full part in the work of UMELCO. He said that he was tolerably confident that
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