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Creation of a post of Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration

(Ombudsman) in Hong Kong

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr.Royle),

had discussions on this subject during his

visit to Hong Kong in October.

Although he expressed his support for

the Parliamentary Wade Secretary the creation of such a post, he agreed-

canbe t can be ion/*

that before any conclusion reached on

thes matter, the recently reorganised office

of the Unofficial Members of the Executive

and Legislative Councils should be given

Can an opportunity of showing' whether it cer

successfully deal with all the complaints

referred to it. The Office is part of the

existing machinery in Hong Kong for enabling

members of the public to make known their

grievances to the authorities.

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See (31) 4 o HKK. 1/8.

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