CO129-592-8 Future Policy in Hong Kong 1-1-1945 - 26-11-1945 — Page 138

whether their responsibility should be confined to the

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urban areas and Government would assume responsibility

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for the country districts in the New Territories.

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view was that the interests of the rural areas would be

compos and meniny furban warn overlooked by a Municipal Council but

but it was though on

the whole that the Hunicipal Council could be so

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constituted by Ordinance as to safeguard this matter.

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It wee thought that n appropriate size for

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a Municipal Council for Hong Kong would be an assembly

of 23 persons. More would be unwieldly;

rural areas.

less would

provide insufficient personnel for the various

Committees which would be required. The suggestion

Proposal

te the composition' of the Council was as follows:

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9 European British Members, representing the

under professional and commercial interests in

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Hong Kong, of whom 2 should be PortugueseÇamma”).

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7 Chinese Members, to be elected under a

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system approved by Government by the

registered Chinese Guilds;

7 Members to be nominated by the Governor,

of whom 2 would be representatives of the

rural areas.

6 It was thought that the 9 European Members

should be elected. It would be practicable to arrange

for elections to be held by ballot amongst the European

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community and would enable each individual to feel that

he had a say in the government of the territory. There

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was tremendous psychological importance in "giving the vote".

On the other hand it was not considered practicable

to that the 7 Chinese Members should be elected by ballot.

for

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It was said that the Chinese do not understand and are not

in sympathy with the method of the ballot box and that the

acceptable machinery in this case would be nomination by

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