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with a group of dissident expatriates.
Membership
Only a tiny proportion of the young have any
connection with "new left" groups although a
number of representative student bodies such as
the Federation of Students have sometimes
participated in "new left" activities. However,
the great majority of their members are politically
dormant. Two small groups form the hard core of
the "new left" - the 70's Bi-Weekly and the Chong
Kin Experimental College (few of whose members
are full-time students). The various groups
have no agreed aims but are all involved in
protest against the existing Hong Kong establish-
ment. Their approach is pragmatic, concentrating
on specific practical issues.
Motivation
The reasons for increasing political awareness
among the young seems to be founded basically
in the relatively increasing affluence in Hong
Kong. The spectacular growth in the Colony's
economy brought full employment and rising
standards of living. As in other countries, and