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Chapter III
Direct Elections to the Legislative Council
Public Response to the Green Paper
18.
Of all the questions raised in the Green
Paper, the subject of direct elections to the
Legislative Council produced by far the greatest
public response. The Survey Office received
124,228 submissions on the matter from
individuals and groups of individuals,
representing the views of 137,217 people in all.
More than half of the submissions from
individuals came in the form of a variety of
pre-printed standard letters. It also received
605 submissions from associations and other
bodies. 164 public opinion surveys of various
sorts addressed the issue, and 21 signature
campaigns collected over 200,000 signatures. The
Legislative Council debated the subject and the
Municipal Councils and all District Boards
discussed it.
19.
The bulk of the views expressed favoured
introducing directly elected Members into the
Legislative Council. Even allowing for the fact
that many people did not express any views, it is
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