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*82* OUR REF
ARRY YOur Ref :
Mr. R.A.J. Bunten
Hong Kong Department
Foreign & Commonwealth office
30 October 1993
Dear Mr. Bunten,
FAC Report: Request for Evidence
from an FCO Leal Adviser
"rebuttal
brief" attached to my
refer I
to the
letter of 29 October.
Item C1(iii)
in
the
brief
deals
with
the
Governor's proposal to abolish appointed DB/MC membership. in part that the Urban Council will have "taken 20
develop
It would, #20 years" by established in
It says
years
to
membership".
replace
was
background:
elected.
from
"60
partial in fact, years"
to
fully
elected be more accurate to since the Council was
1935 although it was not until 1973 that it (For as incorporated
a financially autonomous body.
members were two 1935, only
out of 13 proportion was 50% by 1973.
increased
in The
It was further
to just under 2/3 in 1989 and had stayed the same since then.)
Yours sincerely,
Далкой
(Joseph Y.T. Lai)
for Secretary for Constitutional Affairs
c.c.
Mr. Dinham, GH
Mr. Ashton, DPA
Mr. Edwards, LO(IL) DS (CA) 2