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28 APR 1993
From: J Marshall
Hong Kong Department
Date: 28 April 1993
cc: Sir J Coles
Mr Hum
Mr Davies, FED Mr Wye, RAD (FE)
HONG KONG: GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ELECTIONS
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1. The attached telegram from Hong Kong reports the results of yesterday's elections to the Committee of the General
Chamber of Commerce. Five of the six seats up for election
were won by candidates with clear pro-China sympathies, after a
well-organised campaign probably backed by the NCNA. The
Minister may like to have a short analysis of the implications
of this vote.
2. The most obvious, loser will ultimately be Jimmy McGregor,
functional constituency who currently holds the seat in LegCo allocated to the Chamber of Commerce. He won the nomination in 1991 only after a closely
fought contest with a pro-China businessman. It now seems unlikely that he or anybody with similar liberal sentiments will
be able to win this nomination in 1995.
3. The organised campaign run by conservative and pro-China
elements in the Chamber of Commerce has implications for the
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