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A C Galsworthy
18 April 1985
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HONG KONG
LETTER FROM MR DENNIS CANAVAN MP
PROBLEM
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1. Mr Canavan has written
to Mr
Luce enclosing a letter from a Mr C
which reports the outcome of the recent
K Lo of "Hong Kong Link"
District Board Elections in Hong Kong and calls for the early introduction of direct elections to the Legislative Council.
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RE COMMENDATION
2. I recommend that Mr Luce reply on the lines of the attached
draft.
BACKGROUND
3. Mr Canavan is a member of the Hong Kong Parliamentary group and
frequently asks questions on all aspects of Hong Kong.
in the development
of
He is
particularly interested
representative
govnerment in Hong Kong. He referred to this subject during the
debate on
Hong Kong on 5 December 1984, and asked an oral PQ, which
was not reached, on 12 December, pressing for early direct elections
to the Legislative Council on both occasions.
4.
are a new UK-based
The Hong Kong
Government Office advise that "Hong Kong Link"
group with student affiliations here and, though
Mr Lo who is now studying in the London School of Economics with
"Meeting Point", a moderate political pressure group in Hong Kong.
5. The text of
of the reply has been previously agreed with Hong Kong in response to enquiries by other MPs.
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18 April 1985
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A C Galsworthy
Hong Kong Department