In 1945, half a year after Hong Kong was restored to sovereignty, Mark Young was reappointed as the Governor of Hong Kong on May 1, 1946.
Before the end of World War II, the London authorities promised to allow their colonies a high degree of autonomy or even independence after the war. When the Labour government headed by Attlee came to power, the London authorities began to implement the promise and implemented political reforms in most of the colonies.
In such an environment, Mark Young, who was carrying the stigma of being arrested during the occupation, began to implement political reforms on the grounds of following the orders of Britain. He finally published a political system reform plan on August 28, 1946, known as the "Mark Young Plan".
The main idea of the plan is to re-establish a city council consisting of 30 members, two-thirds of whom are elected and the remaining one-third are appointed.
This is definitely a revolutionary progress, because all the current legislators in Hong Kong Island are appointed by the Hong Kong government, and in order to control power, legislators are divided into official and non-official.
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