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DESKBY 200100Z

FM FCO 191300Z DECEMBER 83

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1345 OF 19 DECEMBER

PQ: UC ELECTIONS

PROTE

1. MR ALEX CARLILE HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PQ FOR WRITTEN

ANSWER:-

OPEN QUOTES TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND

COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS WHAT IS THE TOTAL ELECTORATE OF HONG KONG FOR THE PURPOSES OF URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS SEMICOLON AND HOW

MANY ELECTORS ACTUALLY VOTED AT THE MOST RECENT ELECTION CLOSE

QUOTES.

2. BASED ON REPLY GIVEN BY CHIEF SECRETARY TO MR ANDREW SO ON

23 NOVEMBER, WE PROPOSE TO REPLY:-

OPEN QUOTES 708,119 OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS IN HONG KONG ARE RESIDENT IN THE URBAN AREAS AND ARE THEREFORE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE

IN URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS 127,303 (22.4 PER CENT) VOTED IN THE MOST RECENT ELECTION IN MARCH 1983 CLOSE QUOTES.

3.

GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS DESKBY 201200Z AND FOR AN ESTIMATE OF

TOTAL ELIGIBLE ELECTORATE IN URBAN AREA.

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