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the Legislative and Executive Councils.

A recommendation for representation by New

primarily

Territories residents (i.e. members of the

Heung Yee Kuk) on the Executive and Legislative

Councils was previously raised by the Heung

Yee Kuk Delegation to this country in February

1968. On that occasion memoranda were handed to

the then Secretary of State for Commonwealth

Affairs and to the Minister of State setting out

in some detail the case for representation. At

a meeting with the Minister of State the

memoranda were discussed with the Delegation and

the Minister gave his views on the manner and

extent to which constitutional and political

changes might be introduced in Hong Kong. А сору

of the memoranda was sent to the Governor of

Hong Kong and his comments were sought on this

issue.

In the meantime a further memorandum was

addressed to Mr. Royle by the Heung Yee Kuk

covering a number of the points raised in the

earlier memoranda and included the recommendation

at paragraph 6 that the Heung Yee Kuk should

have unofficial representation on the Executive

and Legislative Councils. Agreed replies to

these memoranda were sent through the Governor

to the Heung Yee Kuk in March of this year

explaining that members of the Executive and

Legislative Councils are not appointed on a

geographical basis; that the interests of the

New Territories are not included; and drawing

attention to the availability of the Unofficial

Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils

Office to the Kuk and residents of the New

Territories.

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