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TELEGRAM NUMBER 465 OF 29 MARCH 1985
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DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS: PQ BY SIR PAUL BRYAN MP
1. SIR PAUL BRYAN HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING QUESTION FOR WRITTEN
ANSWER:
BEGINS
'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'.
ENDS
2. WE PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING REPLY:
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'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'.
ENDS
3. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS DESKBY 0112002.
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