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visit to Hong Kong in June 1969 and

as a result of those discussions it

was agreed that no conclusion should

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be reached on the question of the

appointment of an Ombudsman until the

possibility had been fully explored

of developing the machinery which already

existed for enabling the people of

Hong Kong to make known their views

and grievances to the authorities.

This remains the Ministeral policy today. है.

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 local press

comment from time to time during the

past three years. 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 Internationl Commission

of Jurists) the Hong Kong Branch of

JUSTICE. In September, 1969, the Governor,

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at the request of that Branch, sent

a copy of the report to the Secretary

of State; and in October, 1969, the

London Branch of Justice a sent

Lord Shepherd a copy of the same report

under cover of a letter advocating

the creation of the post of Ombudsman.

In reply to the letter Lord Shepherd

conveyed the information in paragraph

7 above. It a doubtful howwor Whether

my of these exchanges would be regarded as formal xxpresentations.

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