TNAG-0214-FCO40-250-Proposals-for-appointment-of-a-ombudsman-in-Hong-Kong-1968 — Page 127

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8. There is a small body of opinion in Hong Kong which advocates the creation of a post of Ombudsman and the matter has been the subject of

Flag & local press comment from time to time during the past three years.

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It has been raised once or twice by individual residents of Hong Kong

in the course of informal discussions with Lord Shepherd; and in

1969 it was the subject of a published report by the Hong Kong Branch of JUSTICE (the International Commission of Jurists). In September,

Flag I 1969, the Governor, at the request of that Branch, sent a copy of the

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report to the Secretary of State; and in October, 1969, the London Branch of Justice sent Lord Shepherd a copy of the same report under Flag cover of a letter advocating the creation of the post of Ombudsman.

K In reply to that letter Lord Shepherd conveyed the information in

paragraph 7 above.

(33) Me

2 April, 1970

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(E. O. Laird)

Hong Kong Department

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