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6. THE MAJORITY OF THE CANDIDATES BOTH IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
AND FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES COME FROM THE PROFESSIONAL OR
BUSINESS FIELD AND HAVE AN AVERAGE AGE OF 44 YEARS. THERE ARE 4
WOMEN. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS THEY HAVE NO OBVIOUS POLITICAL COLOUR-
ATION.
7. THE RETURN OF THREE CANDIDATES UN-OPPOSED, DAVID LI, BANKER, TAM YIU-CHUNG, LEFT-WING UNIONS, AND LAU WONG-FAT, REGIONAL COUNCIL (AND CHAIRMAN, HEUNG YEE KUK), ALL OF WHOM ARE MEMBERS OF THE BASIC
LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE (BLDC), WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL LEGCO LINKS
WITH THAT COMMITTEE.
3. IT WAS TO BE EXPECTED THAT THE OUTCOME OF DISCUSSION WITHIN
SOME OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WOULD RESULT IN ONLY ONE
CONSENSUS CANDIDATE BEING NOMINATED. THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE
CUSTOMARY PRACTICE IN PARTS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY. THE SAME,
TOO, IS TRUE OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WHICH IS PRESENTLY DOMINATED
BY HEUNG YEE KUK MEMBERS OR SUPPORTERS. BEARING THIS IN MIND WE
CAN BE PLEASED WITH THE NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS AND THE VERY CONSIDER-
ABLE PUBLIC AND MEDIA INTEREST BEING SHOWN SO FAR IN THE ELECTIONS
AND WHICH IS BUILDING UP. THERE ARE, OF COURSE, SOME VOICES SAYING
THAT NOTHING WILL SUFFICE BUT DIRECT ELECTIONS BUT THEY ARE IN A
SMALL MINORITY,
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INDEX
PA
Action Taken
cla
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RES D (MR WALKER)
PS
PS/MR LUCE
COPIES TO: (VIA ÄDR)
MR ROBERTS NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVS MR MARTIN ASST STAFF
CABINET OFFICE
MR MALLABY CABINET OFFICE MR DRC CHRISTOPHER
CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADDOCK NO 10 DOWNING ST.
нкео
комдом
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
KR J CROWLEY PUSD
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