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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NO 85 OF 26 JANUARY

INFO PEKING AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FCO PLEASE PASS),

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 47: PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS BY MR ROBERT PARRY.

ADVICE/INFORMATION ON THE NINE QUESTIONS:

1. THERE ARE 46 AREAS OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVOTED TO MILITARY USE. A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE LOCATION, PURPOSE, AREA INVOLVED, NATURE OF THE LEASE HELD AND THE AMOUNT OF RENT PAID IN RESPECT OF EACH AREA WAS FORWARDED TO YOU TODAY BY

BAG NO A11, IT IS A FOUR PAGE TABLE.

2. THE HEUNG YEE KUK'S PROPOSALS FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL

FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE REJECTED IN A REPLY GIVEN TO THE KUK BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY ON 30 OCTOBER 1976, ON THE GROUNDS THAT IN VIEW OF THE INCREASING INTEGRATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES

WITH THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF HONG KONG, A SEPARATE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD BE A WASTEFUL

AND RETROGRADE STEP,

DISCUSSIONS ON THE ISSUE HAVE TAKEN PLACE BOTH FORMALLY BY

CORPFSPONDENCE AND INFORMALLY BETWEEN THE SECRETARY FOR THE

NEW TERRITORIES AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK.

3. RECORDS OF COMPENSATION PAYMENTS RELATE TO HONG KONG AS A WHOLE AND IN THE SHORT TIME AVAILABLE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE ONLY TO ESTIMATE THE PROPORTION OF PAYMENTS MADE TO NEW TERRITORIES

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/ (A) PAYMENTS RESIDENTS: