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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer on 20 February 1975

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

NOON FRIDAY

21 FEBRUARY

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Mr Charles Fletcher-Cooke (Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he is satisfied with the operation of the citizens' grievancos procedure through the unofficial members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council; and if he will make a statement.

Yes Sir. The success of the UMELCO office in dealing with complaints is reflected in the growth of the number of complaints it has dealt with annually: 1200 in 1972, 1700 in 1973, 2800 in

1974.