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PQ: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG-

1.

I submit a draft answer with material for supplementaries

and a background note for a Question put down by Dennis Canavan MP

(Labour

Stirlingshire West) for oral reply on 15 April. The

draft answer has been agreed with the Hong Hong Government. FED,

NTD, CRD and SEAD concur. The Question is likely to be reached.

2.

Mr Canavan takes a critical interest in Hong Kong affairs

and is a regular visitor. He and Mr Robert Parry MP (Labour

Liverpool, Scotland Exchange) were in Hong Kong recently for the

inauguration of the 'Association for Democracy of Hong Kong Ltd'.

This association claims 100 founder members and branches in the UK,

the United States and Canada. Its main aim is to 'educate people

towards more democratic ideals'. In particular, Mr Canavan has

advocated free elections to the Urban and Legislative Councils,

an elected Governor, and an Executive Council composed of appointees

from elected members of the other Councils. He may raise these

points on 15 April, and a supplementary answer and note has been

included to cover them.

3.

Other subjects with which Mr Canavan expressed dissatis-

faction while in Hong Kong were the Nationality Bill, the increase

in overseas students' fees, the banning of a Taiwan film, 'Coldest

Winter in Peking', and the level of juvenile crime, which he blamed

These subjects on inadequate recreational and sport facilities.

are covered in notes for supplementaries.

9 April 1981

Dim

'R D Clift

Hong Kong and General Department

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