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Legislative Council with universal adult suffrage
for settled residents; elected local councils
for urban and rural areas with the abolition of
the present Urban Council;
these local councils
should have power to raise rates for local
administrative purposes.
(ii) In June, 1961, Mr. LEE Sheung-pui, an independent
candidate at the Urban Council Elections of 1959,
wrote to the Prime Minister suggesting reform in
the franchise for the Urban Council Elections.
He made four suggestions:-
(a) The list of voters should be extended to
include all educated people;
(b) More polling stations should be set up at
elections to encourage voting;
(c) The term of office of elected members shoulú
be reduced to two years from four years;
(a) Good order should be maintained at polling
stations, at times he has felt that there
has been some confusion;
(iii) In October, 1961, the U.N.A.H.K. wrote to H.E.
They said they look forward to the day when
citizens of Hong Kong would enjoy control of local
affairs through machinery not unlike county and
borough councils in the United Kingdom.
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