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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 120 OF 10 FEBRUARY
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FCO PLEASE PASS).
YOUR TELEGRAM 81:
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS.
FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION ON WHICH TO BASE YOUR REPLIES.
(1) OF THE 15 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, FIVE ARE MERCHANTS, THREE INDUSTRIALISTS, TWO BANKERS, TWO LAWYERS, ONE SCHOOL MISTRESS, ONE DOCTOR AND ONE SOCIAL WORKER. ALL HAVE DISTINGUISHED RECORDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE OUTSIDE THEIR PROFESSIONAL SPHERES. THERE ARE AS YOU KNOW PLANS TO WIDEN REPRESENTATION ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
(11) NONE.
111) NONE.
(IV) NONE. TWO UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ARE STEWARDS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, WHICH IS A NON-PROFIT MAKING ORGANIZATION WHOSE SURPLUS FUNDS ARE DEVOTED TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
(V) 1965 1974
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19,129.
(VI) WHETHER OR NOT THE ROOKES VERSUS BARNARD JUDGEMENT HAS ANY APPLICATION TO HONG KONG WOULD BE A MATTER FOR HONG KONG COURTS TO DECIDE IN THE LIGHT OF LOCAL LEGISLATION. THERE IS NO EXISTING DECISION OF THE COURTS IN HONG KONG ON THE POINTS OF ISSUE IN THE ROOKES VERSUS BARNARD JUDGEMENT.
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