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FM HONG KONG 200242Z JUL 85
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1488 OF 20 JULY
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) (PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS.
1. THESE REGULATIONS WHICH AMONGST OTHER THINGS SPELL OUT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE REPEATED BALLOT AND THE FUNCTIONAL
CONSTITUENCY PREFERENTIAL VOTING PROCEDURES WERE APPROVED
BY EXCO ON 16 JULY AND PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL GAZETTE THE
FOLLOWING DAY. ALTHOUGH FAIRLY LENGTHY AND COMPLEX, THE REGULATIONS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED: INITIAL
REACTION TO THEM HAS BEEN NEGLIGIBLE.
2. AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TO EXPLAIN THE REGULATIONS IT WAS
ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE DATE OF THE ELECTIONS WOULD BE 26
SEPTEMBER. THIS DATE IS TO BE FORMALLY GAZETTED NEXT FRIDAY.
AKERS-JONES
MINIMAL.
HICD.
COPIES TO:
HKGO, LONDON.
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