STATEMENT ON THE WHITE PAPER ON HONG KONG.
TO BE MADE BY THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, LORD GLENARTHUR ON WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY 1988.
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a
Statement which has been made in another place by my right
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White Paper on Hong Kong.
The statement is as follows:
A Hong Kong Government White Paper, "The Development of
Representative Government: The Way forward" was published in
Hong Kong earlier today.
Copies of the White Paper have been
placed in the library of the House.
The publication of the White Paper marks the end of a
wide-ranging review of developments in representative government.
A Green Paper, published in May 1987, sought the views of the
Hong Kong community. It set out a range of options for possible
change; none was ruled out in advance. The Green Paper elicited
a widespread public response. We were also able to benefit from
a wide range of views expressed in this House during the debate
on 20 January.
The White Paper discusses the full range of issues raised in
the review. The main decisions which it announces are as
follows:
(a) ten directly elected members will be introduced into the
Legislative Council in 1991;