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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 150315Z NOV 84
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3480 OF 15 NOVEMBER
KKK 01113
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING, HƠNG KÒNG GOVERNMENT REPS WASHINGTON, CG NEW YORK, BRUSSELS, GENEVA.
FOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
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WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
IN HONG KONG.
1. THE WHITE PAPER WILL SE PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG ON 21 NOVEMBER
1984. AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT IT WILL ALSO BE MADE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE GOVERNOR ON THAT DAY. COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER AND THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH WILL BE DESPATCHED TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
2. THE PURPOSE OF THE WHITE PAPER IS TO SET OUT, IN THE LIGHT OF PUBLIC REACTION, THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS FOR 1985 WITH REGARD TO THE NEXT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL. THE PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER COVERED THE PERIOD UP TO 1991. THE REVISED PLANS FOR 1985 DESCRIBED IN THE WHITE PAPER INCLUDE SEVERAL OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSALS CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION OF LEGCO IN 1988. THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CON- SIDER FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS WHEN THE POSITION IS REVIEWED.
3. IN PREPARING THE WHITE PAPER, THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECOGNISED. THE NEED TO BEAR IN MIND THE PROVISIONS OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE.
FUTURE OF HONG KONG. AND THE PLANS HAVE BEEN FRAMED ACCORDINGLY.
4. GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS MAY BE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS-
MAIN AIMS (CHAPTER 1)
(A) THESE ARE IDENTICAL WITH THOSE IN THE GREEN PAPER. THE OBJECTIVES DESCRIBED IN THE WHITE PAPER ARE INTENDED TO COVER ONLY THE NEXT STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN
HONG KONG,
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CHAPTER 11)
(B) IN 1985, 24 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF LEGCO (INSTEAD OF 12 AS
PROPOSED IN THE GREEN PAPER) WILL BE ELECTED
(1) BY AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE COMPOSED OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE DISRTRICT BOARDS, AND (11) BY SPECIFIC FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
(C) 12 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL BE ELECTED TO LEGCO FROM THE ELECTO- RAL COLLEGE (INSTEAD OF 6 AS PROPOSED IN THE GREEN PAPER), DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE GROUPED INTO 10 GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTIT- UENCIES WHILST THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL FORM
2 SPECIAL CONSTITUENCIES.
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