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VISIT OF HOUSE OF COMMONS DEFENCE COMMITTEE TO HONG KONG:
3-7 DECEMBER 1986
GENERAL AND POLITICAL BRIEF ON HONG KONG
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1.
A background brief on Hong Kong is attached.
Representative Government
2.
A White Paper on the further development of representative
government in Hong Kong was published in November 1984 and its proposals endorsed by Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) in January 1985. The main proposal was that some members of LegCo should be elected by specified functional constituencies, and others
by an electoral college of members of local government councils and
District Boards: and the number of official (ie civil servant) and
appointed members would be reduced. The first elections to LegCo were held in September 1985, when 24 members, all well known figures experienced in community service, were elected.
3.
Α public review of progress towards representative
will be government
carried out in 1987. The main issues to be
considered will probably be the composition of LegCo and the method of selecting its members in 1988 and beyond (including the question of direct elections) and the position of the Governor in relation to
the Executive and Legislative Councils.
Joint Liaison Group
4.
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In accordance with Annex II to the Joint Declaration on the
future of Hong Kong, a Sino-British Joint Liaison Group (JLG) has
been established to act as a forum for liaison and consultation
between Britain and China until the year 2000. It meets at least once a year in Peking, London and Hong Kong, and from 1988 will have its principal base in Hong Kong.
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