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HONG KONG : WHITE PAPER ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
(364)
191/1.
My minute of 25 June outlined the proposals to be
included in a Green Paper on the Further Development of
Representative Government in Hong Kong. These met with
your approval and the Green Paper was published in
Hong Kong on 18 July.
2. Two months were allowed for public comment. In the
light of these comments and after taking the advice of
the Executive Council, the Hong Kong Government intends
to table a White Paper in the Legislative Council on 21
November. It will contain some minor changes from the
proposals in the Green Paper. The main points in it will
be:
a)
the proposals will only cover the next stage in the
development of representative government in Hong Kong (ie
the 1985 elections). Subsequent developments will be
considered later.
(b) 12 members (rather than 6, as proposed in the Green
Paper) will be elected to the Legislative Council (LEGCO)
by the electoral college in 1985. To ensure a balanced
geographical representation, instead of the electoral
/college