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AVERT EY IMPROVING ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY AND FURTHER ACCOMODAT-
ING PUBLIC OPINION. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE GREEN PAPER RELEASED
RECENTLY IS GEARED IN THIS DIRECTION. AS WALDEN SAID: "IMPLEMENTING
SUITABLE REFORMS--EVEN MINOR ONES--EEFORE THE CITIZENS BRING OUT
THEIR DEMANDS WILL BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IN WINNING THE TRUST OF
THE DROAD MASSES OF CITIZENS THAN MAKING MAJOR CONCESSIONS DURING
TIMES OF POPULAR DISSATISFACTION."
UNSTABLE EQUILIERIUM? ((SUSHEAD))
IT IS TIME TO COME TO A CONCLUSION.
THERE IS A GREAT CHANCE THAT THE QUESTION OF 1997 WILL BE RESOLVED
IT IS VERY CERTAIN THAT BOTH CHINA AND BRITAIN HOPE TO GAIN THE MOST
AND LOSE THE LEAST IN THE PROCESS OF RESOLVING THIS QUESTION.
HOWEVER, HONG KONGS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE CANNOT BE CHANGED.
FEFORE AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN, POPULAR
SENTIMENT IN HONG KONG COULD HAVE A CERTAIN INFLUENCE ON THE POLITICAL
FUTURE OF HONG KONG. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TREM OF DEVELOPMENT OF
CONTRADICT IONS IN HONG KONG SOCIETY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS IMPLEMENTED
THE POLICIES OF LOCALIZATION, DIVISION INTO DISTRICTS AND PROFESSIONALI-
ZATION. LOCAL LEADERS IN THE CITY DISTRICTS AND SECTORAL INTEREST GROUPS
HAVE ENTERED THE POLITICAL STAGE. THE OLD GENERATION OF CRUSADER-FOR-
JUST ICE PERSONAL IT IES WILL CRADUALLY BE ELIMINATED. HOWEVER, THE NEW
RISING GENERATION STILL DOES NOT HAVE ANY POLICYMAKING POWER.
EARLIER,
WE COMPARED HONG KONG TO A COMPANY AND CHINA AND BRITAIN
TO PARTNERS IN THIS COMPANY THEN, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN
HONG KONG CAN BE SAID TO BE EMPLOYEES OF THIS COMPANY. CURRENTLY,
ALTHOUGH THE PARTNERS HAVE SOME DISAGREEMENTS, THE MAIN TREND IS
ST ILL FOR COOPERATION. AMONG THE "EMPLOYEES." THE MORE POWERFUL ONES
ARE DEMANDING A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION
MA KING.
HONG KONG THEN IS IN A STATE OF UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM HOW DO WE
TURN INSTABILITY INTO STABILITY? BOTH CHINA AND BRITAIN MUST EARN THE
TRUST OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE AND TRY TO CHANNEL THEIR FEELING OF
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