of the territory can be given a fuller and more
responsible share in the management of their own
affairs. He went on to say that it was thought
that one possible method of achieving this end
would be by handing over certain functions of
internal administration to a Municipal Council
constituted on a fully representative basis but
that the Governor had been asked thoroughly to
examine these important issues in consultation
with the representations of all sections of the
community in Hong Kong. Since that time the
Governor of Hong Kong and his Advisers have been
continusously engaged, in consultation with local
opinion, in formulating proposals for the creation
of a largely autonomous municipality, whose
members would be elected under a wide franchise,
and to which would be transferred many of the
Services at present administered by Government. Ireper loc
REGRET THAT
Throughout these consultations, however, there has
been little evidence of any substantial local
LITTLE
opinion on this matter and certainlyttle CHANGE IN Local GoUT. substantial drugom
enthusiasm for the introduction of a Municipality
THA SUCCESS OF WHICH
The mesen of
an elécted basis which would, of course,
require the full co-operation of the population.
In these circumstances and with my approval the
Governor of Hong Kong has now decided to embark explore stive punter the What more of auto perve upon a different aproach to this problem. He which expective policial coguration by the people in NSS He will again take counsel with responsible public
opinion in the Colony with a view to the
formulation of detailed proposals for
strengthening and extending unofficial
representation on the Central Government itself
with the introduction of a system of election of
a proportion of the unofficial members of the
Legislative Council. He will however at the
same