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(No.57 on

54145/4/49)

SIR A. GRANTHAM, K.C.M.G., HONG KONG,

NO.

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FURTHER ACTION.

Para.13 of No.57 on 54145/4/49

2.

I have etc. to refer to your despatch No. 155

of the 25th August, 1949, transmitting recommendations

for the amendment of the Constitution of Hong Kong.

Since my assumption of office I have been giving

these proposals very careful consideration, and I now

desire to inform you of some of the conclusions which I

have reached.

however, I would like

Before doing so,

to record my very real appreciation of the constructive

thought which has been put into the formulation of the

proposals recommended by you, not only by yourself but

by the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council

and other interested parties, who have contributed to

this scheme of constitutional reform. I do not at this

juncture desire to express my approval or otherwise of

the recommendations which you have made until you have

had an opportunity of considering with all concerned the

observations and suggestions made in the subsequent

paragraphs of this despatch.

3. I have taken note of the view expressed by

Mr. Landale on behalf of the Unofficial Members in

conclusion (a) of his motion on the 22nd June, 1949, that

the proposals made by Sir Mark Young involving the

creation of a Municipal Council, with minor modifications

only of the Constitution of the Legislature, are no

longer considered to be the best means of giving the

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