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CONFIDENTIAL
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
FROM:
AC Galsworthy
- 7 OCT 1985
DATE:
7 October 1985
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
PS/Mr Renton
cc: Sir W Harding
Dr Wilson
HONG KONG:
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (LEGCO) ELECTIONS ON
26 SEPTEMBER 1985
Introduction
A
1.
B
In response to my submission of 25 September on
inter alia the LEGCO elections, Mr Renton asked how the
elections went. We have since received a report from Hong
180 Kong in their Telegram number 2030 on the results of the election. Hong Kong Department have also monitored Hong Kong press comment during the week since the elections in order to assess the popular response in Hong Kong to this
crucial
the territory's constitutional
step
development.
The Elections
2.
in
The elections themselves produced
themselves produced few surprises.
Most candidates returned were members of the professional
classes, all well-known and with experience of
of community
service. Turnout varied from almost 100% in the electoral
college to a lowest turnout
of
45% in one of the two
constituencies for the industrial sector. The
functional
Hong Kong Government's polling arrangements appear to have been executed smoothly and without hitch.
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