TNAG-1717-FCO40-2397-Hong-Kong-1987-Review-of-Representative-Government-1988 — Page 118

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Thank you for your letter of 18 January enclosing a

letter from Mr Ka K Ho and others, who live in your

constituency.

I note the importance which Mr Ho and the other

signatories of the letter attach to the 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 Kong that supports

the introduction of direct elections well before 1997,

views

are sharply divided as to whether this should

happen in 1988.

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I hope that the debate on Hong Kong which was held on

20 January in the House of Commons will have served to

make clear the Government's position on this matter.

also trust that it will have demonstrated that there is

no question of the Government having gone back on any

commitments to the people of Hong Kong on the subject of