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HONG KONG: PQS MR FRANK HOOLEY MP
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1. Mr Frank Hooley MP (Labour Sheffield, Heeley Division) has tabled 12 Questions on Hong Kong for Written Answer on
1976
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9 May. Two of these cover political and constitutional subjects
and the remainder labour matters.
2.
Mr Hooley put down 38 PQs to the CO in 1976 on Hong Kong's
affairs. The mubjecte covered included constitutional develop- ment, corruption, drugs, labour matters and the Chinese attitude towards Hong Kong. Mr Hooley was also one of the principal sigmtorios of the Early Day Motion tabled last December by Lr Robert Parry P, entitled "Democratic and Social Advance of Hong Kon Including his present Questions, Mr Hooley has
tabled 19 Questions to the CO sọ fur this year.
ones were about the druga problem,
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3. Lir Hooley's first Question, which is very similar to one tabled by Mr Jan Grist i on 26 Pabruary 1976 follows on from the Questions he asked on 15 November and 14 December on the
Mag C Chinese attitude towards, and the status of, Hong Kong. As HKK
1976 before, they seen designed to bring out the point that HMG is 46 (47) the sovereign authority in Hong Kong and ought, therefore, to
be able to introduce changes there, c... a representative form of government, regardless of Chinese susceptibilities. lr Hooley is not inclined to accept that the "Chinese Gimension" has to be taken into account in determining what may or may not be done
in Hong Kong.
4. The change of title from "Colonial Secretary" to "Chief Secretary", which 19 mart of the cubject of Mr Hooley's fourth Question, was made in August last year. The Governor explained, when telling us of his intention to make this change, that the new title would be more in keeping with the reorganization of
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