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CONFIDENTIAL

Notes of a Discussion held

in the

Hong Kong Government Office, 54, Pall Mall, S.W.1.

on 22nd February, 1968, at 8.15 p.m.

Present at the discussion were

The Rt. Hon. the Lord Shepherd,

Mr. W.S.Carter, C.V.0.,

Mr. C.H.Godden,

Mr. A.W.Gaminara,

Mr. Pang Fu Wah, J.P.,

Mr. Chan Yat Sun, J.P.,

Mr. Cheung Yan Lung, M.B.E., J.P.,

Mr. Tang Nai Man.

Mr. P.C.M.Sedgwick, C.M.G., Mr. D. Lai Ka Wah,

Mr. K.Y.Yeung,

from the

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Commonwealth Office.

from the New Territories Heung Yee Kuk (Consultative Council)

of the Hong Kong Government

Lord Shepherd said that he had not had the

opportunity to study in detail the memorandum presented

to him by the Delegates because he had been preoccupied

with other pressing matters. He assured the Delegates

that the memorandum would be carefully studied by his

Department and that a reply would be given as soon as

possible. He asked Mr. Pang what other changes should be

brought about in Hong Kong, apart from the recommendations

set out in the memorandum.

2.

Mr. Pang said that he hoped to see, firstly, a

change in the policy governing the appointment of Unofficial

Members on the Executive and Legislative Councils, whose

membership appeared to be limited to the scions of a few

rich and influential families, who were not truly represent-

ative of the ordinary people of Hong Kong. Mr. Pang

asked that consideration be given to the appointment of

a few persons from the N.T., preferably chosen from the

H.Y.K. which was truly representative of public opinion

in the N.T. He justified this on the grounds that a

quarter of the population live in the N.T. which comprise

90% of the Colony's total area.

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