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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
3 APRIL 1985
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SIR PAUL BRYAN (BOOTHFERRY): TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, IF HE IS SATISFIED WITH THE CONDUCT OF THE RECENT ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG; AND IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT.
Mr Malcolm Rifcheid
In the recent elections held on 7 March for Hong Kong's
local district boards, 213 seats were contested by nearly
500 candidates, and over 476,000 people voted. This
represents an increase of almost 134,000 over the number
who voted in the first elections in 1982. It is a very satisfactory result, and an encouraging indication of popular
support in Hong Kong for the steps that are being taken to
develop a more representative system of government there.
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