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ingenuity, initiative and dynamism, people of integrity, ability and independent outlook do not exist in greater numbers than we have been led to believe. My feeling about the place has recently been confirmed up to a point by a
report of which the
following is an extract:
9.
"Although still displaying a general interest in social problems and a political awareness far below that demonstrated
in other parts of the world, there have been signs among university students in the Colony of a growing awakening of
their potential to effect changes in their own environment
and to make their voice heard generally. So far this has been
a basically restrained and moderate movement with no evidence of communist or KMT involvement ... It is, perhaps, still a truism that the vast majority of students in Hong Kong
concentrate largely on their academic pursuits and have no wish
to become embroiled in any way in conflicts either with their
own faculties or with Government."
The Governor would like to provide wider representation in the Legislative Council and I suggest we might discuss the matter with him when he is on leave in the autumn. We shall also, of course,
have to discuss it with his successor.
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