indicating that as the 1949 proposals have the effect,
in practice, of limiting the proposed franchise to a
very small proportion of the present population of Hong
Kong, the Secretary of State for the Colonies would be
glad if further consideration could be given to the
possibility of devising other means, whereby the
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process for the selection of unofficial members of
the Legislative Council would be placed on a broader
basis, in which non-British, as well as British,
interests could participate, i.e. by some process
of indirect election.
There will still be a number of nominated members
who will probably be nominated from the Chinese,
Fortuguese and Indian communities but no final decision
on this point has yet been taken,
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