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TO PRIORITY F C O TEL NO 560 OF 3 JUNE
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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FOR HKIOD FROM DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES.
THE FOLLOWING APPEARED ON THE FRONT-PAGE OF THE HONG KONG STANDARD TODAY HEADLINED QUOTE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REFORMS IN PIPELINE UNQUOTE, BYLINED RANJIT PEIRIS, LONDON,
BRITAIN IS PLANNING MAJOR CHANGES IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SETUP OF HONG KONG, ACCORDING TO INFORMED GOURCES IN LONDON. THIS REVELATION CAME WHILE URBCO MEMBERS ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
LABOUR MP RICHARD MITCHELL WHO VISITED HONG KONG RECENTLY SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD "WHISPERS IN WHITE HALL" ABOUT POSSIBLE CHANGES TO BE INTRODUCED IN HONG KONG.
FEW SEEMED TO KNOW DETAILS ABOUT THESE PROPOSEL CHANGES BUT
THEIR MAIN AIM APPEARED TO BE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTO IN THE SOCIAL. AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN THE COLONY,
THE MOVE BY URBCO MEMBERS TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE LEGCO. FOUND WARM SUPPORT AMONG THE MP'S,
MANY OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN CANVASSING HERE FOR A MORE
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG FEEL THAT A GOOD DEGINNING
WOULD BE MADE IF THE COUNCILLORS ARE GIVEN SEATS IN THE LEGCO.
MANY OF THESE MP'S HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE REPRESENTATIVE CHARACTER OF THE URBCO SINCE ONLY ONE PER CENT OF THE HONG KONG'S
POPULATION HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN IT". BUT THEY FEEL THAT
NOMINATING ELECTED URBCO MEMBERS TO THE LEGCO WOULD DO A WORLD OF
GOOD FOR A LARGE HUMBER OF THE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG,
I THE MPS
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