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THING TO DO BUT IN THE PREVAILING CIRCUMSTANCES IT
WOULD BE MOST PRACTICAL AND HONOURABLE UNQUOTE.
3. TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING, BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD
HAVE TO HAVE REGARD FOR ATTITUDE OF CHINA TOWARDS
SOCIAL REFORM BUT QUOTE ASSURANCES TO PEKING ON
THIS MATTER COULD READILY BE GIVEN UNQUOTE.
SECOND PROBLEM IS LARGE DEGREE OF AUTONOMY WHICH
HONG KONG ADMINISTRATION ENJOYS. AS A MATTER OF
URGENCY, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SHOULD SET UP A COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG, WITH WIDE RANGING TERMS OF REFERENCE AND FULL
POWERS TO CALL EVIDENCE ETC. A FURTHER IMPORTANT
STEP AFTER THE COMMISSION HAD REPORTED ITS WORK,
WOULD BE THE APPOINTMENT OF A HOUSE OF COMMONS
PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG, TO
EXAMINE THE ANNUAL AND OTHER REPORTS OF THE HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT AND CONNECTED MATTERS. THE
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE SHOULD ALSO CALL
UPON THE HONG KONG COVERNMENT TO COLLECT AND
PUBLISH MUCH FULLER GOVERNMENTAL, SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC STATISTICS THAN IT DOES AT PRESENT
(THE PAMPHLET DISLIKES THE ANNUAL REPORT).
4. THE PAMPHLET SAYS POWER STRUCTURE WITHIN THE
COLONY ITSELF MUST BE TACKLED. BRITAIN MUST
TAKE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS PEOPLE OF HONG KONG MUCH MORE SEPIOUSLY THAN IT HAS DONE IN THE
PAST. BUT CERTAIN CHANGES CAN BE MADE.
1. AS POST OF GOVERNOR IS OBVIOUSLY A KEY
ONE AND POWER STRUCTURE WITHIN COLONY CANNOT DETERMINE WHO HE SHALL BE,
BE, BRITISH
GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE CARE TO APPOINT A STRONG
AND RESPECTED FIGURES WELL-KNOWN IN WHITEHALL AND
ABLE TO GO THROUGH TRADITIONAL POMPOSITIES.
2. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE MADE MORE
REPRESENTATIVE AND INCREASED IN SIZE BY GIVING SEATS
TO HEADS OF ALL MAJOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THUS PERMITTING 'LARGER NUMBER OF UNOFFICIALS BUT RETAINING OFFICIAL MAJORITY. UNOFFICIALS SHOULD BE ELECTED.
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