TNAG-2734-FCO40-3942-Hong-Kong-role-of-the-Legislative-Council-(LEGCO)-1993 — Page 48

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March 1993

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The Honourable Mrs Elsie Tu, CBE

Legislative Council Buildings

8 Jackson Road

Central

HONG KONG

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Thank you for your letter of 16 March with its enclosed opinion

poll of Urban Council members.

I know that you have worked long and hard over many years on

However, I believe) behalf of your constituents.

-But I think you seriously misjudge

the Governor and what he is seeking to do. He has the best interests of the people of Hong Kong at heart, And he has my and full support and that of the Prime Minister.

Corment of

your,

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the PM's

Let me take up some of the points you make. We are not for example, suggesting that Hong Kong should be a separate party at negotiations with China. What We do believe is that Hong Kong Government/representatives should participate as members of the British team, as they have done in previous negotiations over

the last decade. This is only reasonable when the talks are

of import aut прил about something as important for Hong Kong's future as the

nature of electoral arrangements.

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Nor do we see any need for contradiction between a modest

increase in democratic representation, and a smooth transition

in 1997. We want to discuss all this with China and, as you

know, we have been trying to arrange that.

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