Mr......
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File No....
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Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Dare. 2. June 1967.
Your Reference......
DRAFT
LETTER
The Rt. Hon. Jeremy Thorpe, M. P.,
House of Commons, S. W. 1.
FURTHER ACTION
(Q698) 61035/8039 2MP 4/60 AT&S. 768
The Prime Minister has passed on to the
Commonwealth Secretary (following your meeting with
him last week) your suggestion about the possibility
of introducing an indirect system of election
linked with the desirability of identifying many
influential Hong Kong Chinese with the Government
of the Colony. In Bert Bowden's absence in Canada
I have been looking into this suggestion.
I think you probably have in mind the
arrangements which existed in North Borneo and
Sarawak, So far as I am aware, Singapore, which I
gather you thought was the model, has had a normal
electoral system in existence for many years. In
North Borneo until the elections, which were held
this year, the arrangements were that elections
were held for district councils and when these had
been completed, the district councils themselves
then elected one or two representatives, according
to their size, to the Legislative Council. A
similar system is in existence in Sarawak.
For a similar system to be introduced in
Hong Kong it will be necessary first to establish
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