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NEXT GOVERNOR

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No decision has yet been made on a successor to

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Sir Murray MacLehose.

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

8. A White Paper was published in Hong Kong on the 14th of

January containing proposals designed to bring about a greater

public participation in local government. It is envisaged that

legislation will be enacted this year, with the first elections

in early 1982. [If pressed] In Hong Kong's special circum-

stances, it would be inappropriate to extend popular

representation to central government.

elections

STANDING COMMITTE ON PRESSURE GROUPS (SCOPG)

9. This is an interdepartmental committee set up in 1977 to

are

ensure that the views of pressure groups

are fully understood and keep in touch with the views of a wide range of people on Hong Cadvise the Hong on how to supond.

Kong Government policies. It is an advisory body with no

executive functions. It does not infiltrate lobbies or pressure

groups.

THE FILM COLDEST WINTER IN PEKING'

10.

The film's

This is a matter for the Hong Kong Government.

permit was withdrawn because it was decided that it could be used

for propaganda purposes.

JUVENILE CRIME

11.

The Hong Kong Government has commissioned a thorough

study of the causes of the increase in juvenile crime.