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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, when it is proposed to establish a municipal
council in Hong Kong; what will be the composition of the
council; what qualifications will be required for voters;
and whether the ballot will be secret.
Answer:
Last June the Hong Kong Legislative Council
passed a resolution recommending that its own constitution
should be revised and that thereafter the new Legislative
Council should consider the question of changes in the
constitution of the Urban Council. I am afraid that I
can say no more than that the whole constitutional
position in the Colony, which is very complicated, is
being studied in consultation with the Governor
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