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FM HONG KONG 29083OZ OCT 84
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 3326 OF 29 OCTOBER
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR SIR P. CRADOCK FROM GOVERNOR.
YOUR TELNO 2012: HONG KONG AGREEMENT : TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY.
FOLLOWING IS INTERIM SUMMARY REPORT NO 4 FOR 22-28 OCTOBER.
BEGINS.
A. OVERALL ACCEPTABILITY
DURING THIS PERIOD, A FURTHER 200 LETTERS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WERE RECEIVED, INCLUDING FORTY SUBMISSIONS WHICH WERE ANONYMOUS OR CLASSIFIED AS DUBIOUS OR IRRELEVANT. THE BREAKSOIN OF INDIVIDUAL VIEWS BROADLY INDICATES SOME 50 PERCENT IN FAVOUR, 23 PERCENT AGAINSTAND 27 PERCENT UNCLEAR. THE PERCENTAGES INDICATE A SLIGHT TILT, TOWARDS VIEWS WHICH WERE NOT IN FAVOUR. THIS COULD BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE WELL PUBLICIZED ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS IN HONG KONG. HOWEVER, IT IS PREMATURE TO SPECULATE ON THE EXACT REASON FOR THE SLIGHT SHIFT AND IT MUST BE SAID THAT THE NUMBERS ARE VERY SMALL. IF ALL SOURCES ARE INCLUDED THE BREAKDOWN IS 56.57 PERCENT FOR, 19.68 PERCENT AGAINST, 15.18 PERCENT UNCLEAR AND 8.57 PERCENT WITH NO MENTION OF ACCEPTABILITY.
B. MAJOR SPECIFIC TOPICS COVERED IN SUBMISSION
(PLACED IN ORDER OF SIGNIFICANT COMMENT BUT NOT WEIGHTED FOR IMPORTANCE)
(1) CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
GENERALLY, PEOPLE WHO COMMENTED CALLED FOR A PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF A REPRESENTATIVE LEGISLATURE WITH SEATS TO BE FILLED BY DIRECT ELECTION. THERE WERE ALSO SUGGESTIONS THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHOULD BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. TO GIVE HONG KONG A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTOOMY, SAFEGUARDS FOR
''CHECKS AND BALANCES''
'' SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BASIC LAW. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT HONG KONG RESIDENTS SHOULD BE DEFINED AS THOSE WHO WERE BORN OR HAD RESIDED IN HONG KONG OVER A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME (7 TO 20 YEARS WERE SUGGESTED).
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