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Chapter III

Direct Elections to the Legislative Council

Public Response to the Green Paper

18.

Of all the questions raised in the Green

Paper, the subject of direct elections to the

Legislative Council produced by far the greatest

public response. The Survey Office received

124,228 submissions on the matter from

individuals and groups of individuals,

representing the views of 137,217 people in all.

More than half of the submissions from

individuals came in the form of a variety of

pre-printed standard letters. It also received

605 submissions from associations and other

bodies. 164 public opinion surveys of various

sorts addressed the issue, and 21 signature

campaigns collected over 200,000 signatures. The

Legislative Council debated the subject and the

Municipal Councils and all District Boards

discussed it.

19.

The bulk of the views expressed favoured

introducing directly elected Members into the

Legislative Council. Even allowing for the fact

that many people did not express any views, it is

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