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MAIN EVENTS IN AUGUST: HONG KONG
GENERAL
1. No crises.
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HXIC. 243/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
30 AUG 1985
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While
2. I attach a copy of my submission of 30 August. the Home Office and Hong Kong formulae for the responses
to the
the recommendations on
on resettlement in the UK over and
above family reunion cases and resettlement of ethnic Chinese in Hong Kong are disappointing, Hong Kong did not
reject the Home Office formula and I see no realistic
hope of our improving it.
For this reason, and for
reasons of timing explained in the submission,
recommended acceptance of both formulae.
I have
LEGOO ELECTIONS
3. 64 candidates have been nominated for the 24 LEGEO.
seats for which elections will be held on 26 September (the nomination period closed on 20 August). Governor has reported that with few exceptions they have
no obvious political colour. He i s pleased with the
number of nominations and with the considerable public and media interest in the elections which has built up.
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