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distribution to the Chinese community in this
country.
The Minister could agree that some of the press reporting in this country of recent events in Hong Kong has been somewhat sensational, although this has by no means always been the case; that he had learnt with interest that the Hong Kong Government had recently inaugurated a Chinese newspaper called the "Hong Kong News Digest" which was now being flown to this country from Hong Kong and which was being distributed free to members of the Chinese community here.
Political reforms with particular reference to the composition of Executire Council and Legislation Council: to the re ed for New Territories
representation on those Councils and to the need to bridge the gap between the Government and the people.
The Minister is aware of the difficulty of finding people of the necessary calibre for nomination to the central councils of the Hong Kong Government.
He is also aware of the reasons why there is no elected element in the representation on those Council The New Territories are not represented, as such,
on Executive Council and Legislative Counci. The District Commissioner, New Territories, is, however a member of the Legislative Council and represents their interests on that body. As regards the need to
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