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REPLY
FOR WEDNESDAY, 23RD JULY, 1947.
MR. REES WILLIAMS,
J
To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, what is the present position with regard to the proposed constitutional changes in Hong Kong.
MR. CRLECH JONES:
VERGREENBATTERIERA ALERT POMONA JE
ANSWER
I informed the Hou se on March 5th of my general
agreement with the recommendations of the late Governor,
Sir Mark Young, for the establishment of a Municipal
Council and a modification in the constitution of the
Legislative Council. Earlier this month I sent to the
Acting Governor of Hong Kong a despatch containing my
detailed comments on these recommendations, and authorised
him to proceed at once with all preparations necessary
to put them into effect. I have arranged for copies of
the despatches in question to be placed in the Library
of the House.