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SCR 587/57 IV
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PN
Drafted by-
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Sir,
Typed by-
30.10.70.
Date-
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Draft letter to:
Heung Yee Kuk
DRAFT
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'I wish to refer to your letter dated 2nd
September 1970 addressed to me through the District
Commissioner, New Territories on the subject of
representation on the Executive and Legislative
Councils and to the one dated 10th October 1970
presented to Mr. Anthony Royle, the Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State during his visit to Hong
Kong also on the same subject. I have now been
authorised to inform you in reply that the factual
matters which you refer to in your letters are well
appreciated; but you will probably recall that this
question has been the subject of correspondence with
you earlier this year and our views expressed then
still stand. In this connection, I would like to
draw your attention in particular to paragraph 1(v)
of a letter dated 13th March 1970 sent to you in
which it was stated that :
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Members of the Executive and
Legislative Councils are not appointed
on a geographical basis. This does
not mean that New Territories'
interests or, for that matter, the
interests of any other geographical
areas, are being neglected. It is
understood that Members of the two
Councils have been making regular
visits to the New Territories, parti-
cularly during the past two years
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