page_title: 1988 Hong Kong electoral reform
section_title: Green Paper
hierarchical_section_title: 1988 Hong Kong electoral reform / Green Paper
caption_attribution_description: English: Left to right: Miss Emily Lau (a member of the Press) , Professor Peter Harris, The Hon. Michael Thomas, the Hon. Stepen Cheong (a member of the Legislative Council) IMAGELIBRARY/310 Persistent URL: http://archives.lse.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqServer=lib-4.lse.ac.uk&amp;dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=(RefNo='IMAGELIBRARY/310')
context_page_description: The 1988 Hong Kong electoral reform was carried out by the colonial government during 1987 to 1988 as the second stage of the developments of the representative government. Direct elections to the Legislative Council became the most debated issue during the public consultations. Under the strong opposition from the Government of the People's Republic of China, the Hong Kong government consequently turned down the option of the 1988 direct elections and introduced a little change in the government system.
context_section_description: The 1987 Green Paper: Review of Developments in Representative Government provided a general review on the development of the government system at district, regional and central levels, assessment of the developments since the publication of the 1984 White Paper and the public response to them, and consideration of the options for further development in 1988.
  It included the composition, functions and elections of the District Boards, and the municipal councils (Urban Council and Regional Council) and Legislative Council, and whether the Governor should continue to be the President of the Legislative Council.
  Direct elections to the Legislative Council were listed as one of the options for the representative government in 1988.
caption: A forum on the 1987 Green Paper, attended by Emily Lau  as a member of the press, Professor Peter Harris, Michael Thomas and Stephen Cheong, member of the Legislative Council.
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