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1825: PROHONGAID LONDON THREE :-
THERE WERE THREE EDITORIALS, IN TODAY'S CHINESE LANGUAGE PAPERS. SIMXLPO AND MING PO FELT THERE WERE PROS AND CONS TO THE PAMPHLET BUT THAT BASICALLY MR. ENGLAND HAD PRODUCED A WELL- INTENTIONED REPORT. MING PO SAID THE PAMPHLET ASSESSED HONG KONG ACCORDING TO BRITISH STANDARDS BUT ADDED THAT MR. ENGLAND'S COMMENTS ON CHINA'S POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG DEMONSTRATED HIS
MING PO FELT THAT THE PROPOSED IGNORANCE OF THE SITUATION.
BRITISH COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG'S AFFAIRS WOULD BENEFIT HONG KONG BUT THAT AN INVESTIGATION INTO HONG KONG'S SITUATION WAS UNNECESSARY. SING TAO JIH PAO SAID ALTHOUGH MR. ENGLAND APPEARED TO BE ONLY HALF AWARE OF THE SITUATION THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STILL TAKE STEPS TO IMPROVE THE FAULTS LISTED GRADUALLY.
THE SCMP HAS A REPORT AT THE TOP OF ITS FRONT PAGE UNDER THE HEADING +GUARDED WELCOME TO FABIAN SOCIETY REPORT+. IT QUOTES FATHER MCGOVERN, ADVISER TO THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INSTITUTE, WHO SAID BY AND LARGE THE REPORTED ACCUSATIONS ARE BASED ON FACTS AND HE CRITICISED THE GOVERNMENT BY LABELLING THE PAMPHLET ONE-SIDED AND OUT-OF-DATE. THE SCMP ALSO CARRIED OTHER COMMENTS BY DR. DENNY HUANG WHO WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT MR. ENGLAND'S SUGGESTIONS WERE SENSIBLE, AND THE VIEWS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN WHO SAID THE FABIAN SOCIETY WAS SINCERE AND GOOD-INTENTIONED BUT AT THE SAME TIME HONG KONG HAS POPULATION PROBLEMS FOLLOWING IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
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