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DATE: 5 MARCH 1985
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Dr Wilson
Mr Fifoot, Legal Advisers
Mr Burrows, Legal Advisers
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HONG KONG: AMENDMENTS TO LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS
PROBLEM
1.
The implementation of the decision to introduce the first
Elected Members into the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
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RECOMMENDATION
2. I recommend the Secretary of State authorise the submission
of the draft amending Letters Patent and the draft Additional
Royal Instructions to HM in Council at the meeting of the Privy
Council on 20 March 1985. An Explanatory Note for the Privy
Council is attached.
BACKGROUND
3.
Following the issue of a consultative Green Paper in Hong
Kong in July 1984, Ministers agreed that Elected Members,
indirectly elected to represent local government areas and
economic and professional interests, should be introduced into the
Hong Kong Legislative Council. The Hong Kong Government
subsequently published a White Paper notifying the intention to reconstitute the Legislative Council so as to comprise, the Governor, three ex officio members (Chief Secretary, Attorney General and Financial Secretary), a further seven official members,
twenty two members appointed by the Governor and twenty four
Elected Members. The Elected Members would consist of twelve
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