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SECRET
SECRET
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2168
OF 1409362 DECEMBER 1987
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TOP
SOPY
TKB
011/2. 15 DEC 1987
690 om/.
050145
MDHIAN 0259
YOUR TELNO 3242 TO HONG KONG: REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: DISTRICT BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.
COMMENT
5. FOR OUR OWN INFORMATION AND TO HELP DEAL SPEEDILY WITH POSSIBLE CHINESE QUESTIONS, WE SHOULD WELCOME CLARIFICATION ON 3 POINTS ARISING FROM THE TEXT IN HONG KONG TELNO 4702:
(A)4PARA 2, LAST SENTENCE: WE ASSUME THAT, UNDER THE PRESENT SYSTEM. WHEN A MEMBER OF THE DB IS ELECTED TO THE UC AND GIVES UP HIS ELECTED SEAT ON THE DB, HE NEVERTHELESS ENJOYS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP OF THAT (OR ANOTHER APPROPRIATE) DB. IS THIS CORRECT?
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