URBAN
COUNCIL
7.
Recent accubations against the former Labour Prime Minister, Sir Harold Wilson, for his alleged double standards towards trade with South Africa are indications (if true) that even a Labour Government will äct contrary to the wisher of the British people who put them into power to carry out socialist, not capitalist, principles. K
8.
Unless you take steps to avoid these double standards now, you may find you have similar problems on your hands in Hong Kong to those you face in Africe. Your Government has ignored all complaints about corruption in the post, and the triad-cun-official drug trade has been allowed to flourish. Consequently corruntion reached such proportions that attempts to curb it have led to mutinous behaviour by the police. You must also consider the consequences in London, where, you are plagued with the presence of triad activities in the drug trade of London's Chinatown. These have their origins in Hong Kong.
9.
The young people in Wong Kong belong to nowhere.
They are
Chinese, born on Chinese aoil, speaking the Chinese language, under a colonial regime that demores their civil rights, and in some cases even subjects them to gross injustices. They have no pay in their own affairs, and are intimidated if they attempt to speak up, by threats of non- employment. They are in the articularly difficult situation that they realise they cannot struggle for independence, and they will not press for that becaure it would be unacceptable to China. ritain has played unon that situation all too long, and the young neonle are becoming restless.
10.
This frustration caured by Government deafnere to their petitions, and the fact that the British Government prefers to remain ignorant of the facts about Hone Kong, may one day erupt into violence, as it has done in the past. Surely it would be better to deflate the pressures now, than to wait for the explosion. Even the influence of Peking would not be able to control that.
11.
adjustable.
We have made some simple proposals, and even these are
They are:
(1) A Legislature of which one third is directly elected, one third
appointed, and one third indirectly elected by professionals, as in our neighbouring Portuguese Colony, Kacao;
(2) A gradual phasing out of appointed members on the Urban Council
at the rate of four every two years;
(3) An expanded franchise to include all long-term adult residents
of Hong kong,
(4) Expansion of Urban Council jurisdiction to include housing,
education, social welfare, town planning etc..
Urban Council Chambers, Edinburgh Place, Hongkong