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Chapter III

Direct Elections to the Legislative Council

Public Response to the Green Paper

18.

the

Of all the questions raised in the Green

Paper, the subject of direct elections to

Legislative Council produced by far the greatest

public response. The Survey Office received

124,228 submissions on the matter from

individuals and groups o f 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

It also received pre-printed standard

letters.

605 submissions from associations and other

bodies. 164 public opinion surveys of various

sorts addressed the issue, and 21

21 signature

campaigns collected over 200,000 signatures.

Legislative Council

Council debated the subject and the

Municipal Councils and all District Boards

discussed it.

The

19.

into the

The bulk of the views expressed favoured

introducing directly elected Members into

Legislative Council.

Even allowing for

the fact

that many people did not express any views, it is

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