CONFIDENTIAL
Legislature.
Lee's thought was that each group
might put forward three names but that any
person appointed would be chosen on his
individual merit and not as a representative
mentioned
of a group. Much the same idea was put forward
to me by S.N. Chau, when he looked in last
month on his visit to the European Common
Market countries.
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It seems likely that we may have questions
bett on this topic in the new Parliament and I bought falta
am therefore writ
Lan
it well-towrite to you now so that we could be
clearing our thoughts at leisure. In any case
it would be extremely valuable to have your
the subject
further views on in the light of your long
experience before you finally leave the Colony.
I have not forgotten our exchange of
letters not quite two years ago (your letter of the
21st December, 1961, reference CR 1/511/60 and my
reply of the 16th April 1962). Since then of
course the constitutional set-up in Hong Kong has
become even more anomalous in view of the
continuing process of "décolonisation" elsewhere,
and I have heard it suggested I think, for
example, by SN. Chau) that there is a growing
number of Western-educated young people, in
........
Hong Kong, many of whom have been overseas,
who are a little restive under the present
un-representative system. I have heard no
one suggest "advance" towards self-government,
but the suggestion is that the present narrowly
based Government cannot be sufficiently "with"
the people and
this may
be a
danger.
the at
You have no doubt
continued to
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to ask for you?
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