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Thank you for your letter of 22 January.
I am of course well aware of the importance that some
people 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
hake clear the Government's position on this matter. I
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