RESTRICTED
132140 MDLIAN 3324
RESTRICTED
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 714
OF 060812Z MARCH 91
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YRTELNO 435: LEGCO ELECTIONS: USE OF LOGOS
TOP COPY Q DIST?
1. THANK YOU FOR YOU CLARIFICATION. SURPRISINGLY PETER WONG HAS NEVER MADE THIS POINT TO US.
2. HOWEVER, A PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE IN THE BALLOT PAPER INFORMATION ON A CANDIDATE'S POLITICAL AFFILIATION WAS MOVED IN LEGCO BY
MARTIN LEE ON 28 NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AS A COMMITTEE STAGE AMENDMENT PRIOR TO THE PASSING OF THE ELECTORAL LEGISLATION PROVIDING FOR LEGCO DIRECT ELECTIONS. THIS PROPOSAL WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE REASON THAT POLITICAL PARTIES WERE STILL IN THEIR INFANCY AND THE SIMILARITY OF THEIR NAMES TENDED TO CONFUSE ELECTORS. ON THE OTHER HAND, WITH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES STANDING FOR ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG, THE ADOPTION OF MARTIN LEE'S PROPOSAL WOULD CREATE EVEN MORE CONFUSION TO THE ELECTORATE. THE MOTION WAS NOT CARRIED.
3. WE THINK THAT THESE CONSIDERATIONS WOULD STILL APPLY IN THE CASE OF PETER WONG'S CONCERN. IT SEEMS THAT IF LOGOS WERE USED INSTEAD OF NAMES, EVEN GREATER CONFUSION WILL BE CREATED.
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MR MCLAREN
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