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UMELCO

Office of Unofficial Members of Executive and Legislative Councils

行政立法兩局非官守議員辦事處

9th July 1984

Mr. A.J. Coles

Prime Minister's Office,

10 Downing Street,

London SW1,

England.

Dear Mr Coles,

You may be aware of my recent visit to Peking with my

UMELCO colleagues Miss Lydia DUNN and Mr. Q.W. LEE when we met Chairman DENG Xiaoping and Mr. JI Pengfei; a translation of our Speaking Note for the meeting is attached.

In the course of the visit we made three major proposals which we believe would enhance the confidence of the people of Hong Kong in their future. They are recorded at page 3 onwards in the Speaking Note and a copy of the Note was passed to Chairman DENG and Mr. JI. The Chinese leaders appeared to accept the first proposal and showed a willingness to consider the other two.

The South China Morning Post of 6th July 1984 published the results of a further opinion survey conducted by an independent firm SRH (Survey Research Hong Kong Limited). According to the SCMP, the opinion poll this time consulted by telephone a random sample of 1,010 local people from a wide cross-section of ages (19 & above), income-levels and backgrounds. The survey shows 74% expressed agreement with proposal (1) and 78% and 61% with proposals (2) and (3) respectively. A photo copy of the SCMP report on the survey is also attached.

I believe the Prime Minister will be interested in this result and I should be grateful if you would kindly submit the report for her information.

With personal regards,

Yours sincerely,

Wedding

S.Y. Chung

Senior Unofficial Member

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