MR GOODLAD'S MEETING HUGO YOUNG, 21 DECEMBER
Secretary of State (Sir G Howe) in the House
18 July 1984
The Hong Kong Government are today publishing a Green Paper on the further development of representative government in the
territory.
the main aims of the proposals are: to develop progressively a system of government, the authority for which is
clearly rooted in Hong Kong, which is able to represent authoritavely the views of the people of Hong Kong and which is more directly accountable to the people of Hong Kong; to build this system on the existing institutions which have served Hong Kong well, and as far as possible to preserve their best
features; and to allow for further development if that should be the wish of the Hong Kong community.
In the view of Her Majesty's Government, those proposals are well designed to enhance the representative status of Hong Kong's cential yovernment institutions and to give the Hony Kony people a stronger voice in the administration of the territory in years
to come.
Foreign Secretary (Sir G Howe) presenting the JD to the House
5 December 1984
It would be too much to expect that this document, which has
emerged from extremely complex and sometimes difficult negotiations, could provide the whole answer to every problem. In some areas it will be necessary to elaborate the general principles set out in the agreement. One such area is the constitutional arrangements and government structure of the
future Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
In that connection I welcome the White Paper on constitutional development which has just been published by the Hong Kong Government. It provides for substantial development towards
representative institutions in the 1985 elections, and for the
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