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The Rt Hon Sir Rhodes Boyson, MP

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Thank you for your letter of 22 January enclosing a

letter from Mr and Mrs G Yung, who live in your

constituency.

I note the importance which Mr and Mrs Yung 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