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also applied in the case of the Singapore
municipality and it had not there, so far given rise
to the difficulties which Mr. Caine envisaged.
The
It was agreed that in view of the public
announcements which had been made both in Hong Kong
and in the House of Commons on the 1st May last
there could be no going back on the declared
intention of liberalising the constitution.
only question at issue therefore was whether the
means of achieving this object, should be by way of
a Municipal Council or by way of broadening the
basis of the Central Government itself. The view
previously taken was that if there was danger of
the Chinese exerting political influence in the
municipality, a fortiori it seemed that this danger
would be increased if a substantial proportion of
the members of the Legislative Council were to be
elected on a wide franchise. Mr. Caine, however,
thought that it would be more possible to control
elements who came under the influence of the
sexled
Kuo-Min-Tang were they members of the Legislative
elerloo Council than were they members of a practically
autonomous Municipal Council on which the Central
Government would not be represented, especially as
it was agreed that at the present stage an official
majority in the Legislative Council would be
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reasonable The question of whether, in the event
of elections to the Legislative Council, it would be
necessary or practicable to confine membership of
the electorate to British subjects was touched on.
It was agreed that the papers should be submitted
to the Secretary of State with a draft telegram to the
Governor in which attention should be drawn to these
points and his assurance sought that he was still
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