TNAG-1440-FCO40-1924-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 134

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4. THE PUBLICATION EARLIER THIS WEEK OF THE REPORT BY THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION ON THE AGE OF MAJORITY HAS KINDLED PUBLIC DEBATE ON THE VOTING AGE. THE FOLLOWING TWO AMENDMENTS TO PAPER NO. 2 ARE THEREFORE PROPOSED:

(A) ADD A NEW SUB-PARA (D) TO PARA 5 WHICH READS THE REDUCTION OF THE VOTING AGE FROM TWENTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN YEARS.''

(B) ADD A FINAL PARA 24 WHICH READS:

**OTHER POSSIBLE MATTERS FOR THE REVIEW

24. THESE ARE SET OUT ON PARA 5 ABOVE, AND ARE OF LESS SIGNIFICANCE THAN PRINCIPAL ITEMS WHICH MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE GREEN PAPER. THEY ARE ADMINISTRATIVE UN NATURE EXCEPT FOR THE POSSIBLE REDUCTION OF THE VOTING AGE, ON WHICH THERE IS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERABLE #INTEREST IN HONG KONG FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT BY THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION ON THE AGE OF MAJORITY.'

5. NN ORDER TO AVOID CONFUSION WE HAVE RETTLED PAPERS NO. 1 AND 2 AS ANNEXES A AND B RESPECTIVELY.

6. COPIES OF THE REVISED PAPERS TOGETHER WITH CHINESE VERSIONS WILL BE SENT TO YOU BY THE NEX BAG. THEY WILL ALSO BE PUT TO EXCO FOR INFORMATION ON 6 MAY.

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