TNAG-0269-FCO40-305-Reform-of-local-government-of-Hong-Kong-1970 — Page 70

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and businessmen;

Some/detribalised-not

representing the normal attitudes of local

Chinese. He was anxious to disentangle local

government from Government, i.e. remove

official members of councils. The trouble

was the people did not distinguish local

government from Government proper. If some-

thing went wrong they blamed the Government.

Mr. Wellbeloved asked if it was true that the

elected members of the urban council had

recently walked out and if so why.

Trench said that this was over what reforms

were to be expected and when.

Sir David

Put this had

not even been decided by the Iegislative

Council. Mr. Stewart said this seemed to

show that local government was of some interest

to some people. Sir David Trench said that

the increase in functions was of interest to

to

only the elected members of the Council them- selves. Sir Hugh 'Norman-Walker said that if anyone provided the impetus for/in

The

for/increases in

powers of local government it was the

Government itself.

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