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accompanying allegations about British
"interference".
The Governor himself was
obviously doing everything possible to put
matters in perspective but the view was
expressed that the new Unofficial Members of
LegCo, for example, right do more. The
important thing was that the full implementation
of the Government's provramme should not be
impeded by public criticisă.
Interest
(c) Appointments to LegCo and ExCo: it was noted
that some vacancies were probably due to occur
on LegCo and ExCo within the next year.
was expressed in how the Governor intended to
fill them: It was Stiggested that there might
be scope for bringing in, say, academic
figures and representatives of social welfare
bodies.
(d) Hong Kong's social and labour programme for
1978: the meeting expressed interest in
receiving any indications from the Hong Kong
Government about its plans for 1978, which the
Governor would presumably be announcing in
October.
(e) Drugs: it was suggested that Hong Kong might
soon need better public relations work in the
UK over the drugs problem. The Hong Kong
Government seemed to have a good record on the
drugs problem but its image in this country
was poor in this respect.
9. The next meeting of the Committee would be held
at a date to be agreed in May 1977.
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