GRS 540
CYPHER CAT/A
FM HONG KONG 07186eZ
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RECEIVED IN
REGIST.<Y No. 50
10 MAR 1975
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TO ROUTINE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 224 OF 7 MARCH.
REFORM CLUB MEMORANDUM.
MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 222.
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SUGGESTED REPLY BY THE GOVERNOR ON BEHALF OF THE MINISTER TO
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REFORM CLUB OF HONG KONG.
2. ''I AM DIRECTED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, LORD GORONWY ROBERTS, TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS RECEIPT OF THE MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY YOU ON
BEHALF OF THE REFORM CLUB OF HONG KONG ON THE 16 JANUARY 1975.
3. THE MINISTER HAS ASKED ME TO INVITE THE REFORM CLUB'S ATTENTION
TO THE PROPER PROCEDURE FOR T.
E SUBMISSION OF REPRESENTATIONS
ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE OR A MINISTER WHICH IS THAT THEY SHOULD BE SENT TO THE GOVERNOR WITH A REQUEST THAT HE FORWARD THEM TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THE MINISTER WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF TTHIS PROCEDURE COULD BE FOLLOWED IN FUTURE.
4. THE MINISTER HAS INSTRUCTED ME TO INFORM YOU THAT HE IS APPRECIATIVE OF THE CAREFUL THOUGHT WHICH HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN GIVEN BY THE REFORM CLUB TO THE CONTENTS OF ITS MEMORANDUM.
5. WITH REGARD TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM, THE MINISTER HOTES, AND IS GRATEFUL FOR, THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE REFORM CLUB OF THE DIFFICULTIES, IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HUNG KONG, OF PROCEEDING TO ANY FORM OF ELECTED LEGISLATURE.
6. HE BELIEVES THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
SINULD INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEAK FROM THE BACKGROUND OF AS MANY ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY IN HONG KONG AS POSSIBLE, BUT THAT THEY SHOULD BE QUALIFIED TO SPEAK FOR AS MUCH OF THAT SOCIETY AS
POSSIBLE AND NOT FOR ANY ONE SECTION OR FACTION ONLY.
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