DSR 11 (Revised Sept 85)
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Thank you for your letter of 18 January enclosing a
letter from Mr Ka K Ho and others, who live in your
constituency.
I note the importance which Mr Ho and the other
signatories of the letter attach to the introduction of
direct elections into Hong Kong's Legislative Council
this year.
But it seems clear that while there is a
strong trend in public opinion in Hong Kong that supports
the introduction of direct elections well before 1997,
views
are sharply divided as to whether this should
happen in 1988.
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I hope that the debate on Hong Kong which was held on
20 January in the House of Commons will have served to
make clear the Government's position on this matter.
also trust that it will have demonstrated that there is
no question of the Government having gone back on any
commitments to the people of Hong Kong on the subject of