TNAG-1717-FCO40-2397-Hong-Kong-1987-Review-of-Representative-Government-1988 — Page 11

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General Secretary

National and Local Government

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Officers Association

1 Mabledon Place

In Confidence

LONDON WC1H 9AJ

Thank you

for your letter of 29 January.

When I was in Hong Kong in 1984 I gave the people of

that territory my absolute assurance that Britain would

administer Hong Kong wisely and well until 1997 and that

we would honour our obligations to the full. Iatso

made it clear that well before 1997 there should be a

steady and secure increase in the amount of

representation of tocat people in the government of Hong-

That

Kong.

Those commitments remains unchanged.

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I note the importance you attach to the

On

introduction of direct elections into Hong Kong's

Legislative Council, this year. But it seems clear that

while there is a strong trend in public opinion in Hong

supporting

Kong that supports their introduction of direct electioAS

well before 1997, views are sharply divided about whether