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QUERMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.

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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

*82* OUR REF

ARRY YOur Ref :

Mr. R.A.J. Bunten

Hong Kong Department

Foreign & Commonwealth office

30 October 1993

Dear Mr. Bunten,

FAC Report: Request for Evidence

from an FCO Leal Adviser

"rebuttal

brief" attached to my

refer I

to the

letter of 29 October.

Item C1(iii)

in

the

brief

deals

with

the

Governor's proposal to abolish appointed DB/MC membership. in part that the Urban Council will have "taken 20

develop

It would, #20 years" by established in

It says

years

to

membership".

replace

was

background:

elected.

from

"60

partial in fact, years"

to

fully

elected be more accurate to since the Council was

1935 although it was not until 1973 that it (For as incorporated

a financially autonomous body.

members were two 1935, only

out of 13 proportion was 50% by 1973.

increased

in The

It was further

to just under 2/3 in 1989 and had stayed the same since then.)

Yours sincerely,

Далкой

(Joseph Y.T. Lai)

for Secretary for Constitutional Affairs

c.c.

Mr. Dinham, GH

Mr. Ashton, DPA

Mr. Edwards, LO(IL) DS (CA) 2