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of legislation, administration, judiciary and military. All the laws are
passed by the governor with the Legislative Council.
The Legislative Council consist of official and unofficial
members, all appointed by the governor. The former includes the Secre-
taries of the major governmental bodies of the judiciary, treasury, home
affairs and the secretariat, and some other 16 government officials,
while the unofficials are made up of big business-men and professionals.
The Executive Council is again made up of officials and
unofficials appointed by the governor. It is established to advise and
help the governor.
The only government body which has part of its members elect-
ed is the Urban Council whose function is only marginal to the adminis-
tration of Hong Kong, such as cleaning the city, management of parks
and the City Hall, etc.
The Council consists of 12 elected and 12 appointed members.
The first group are elected by less than 10,000 voters who are qualified
by their education and income. Even though the Council's function is so
marginal, disagreement and conflicts has arisen within the Council due
to bureaucratic handling by the appointed members who are mostly big
businessmen and professionals. Thus we find that the Council's function-
ary area and power are very much limited.
3. PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS AND INTEREST GROUPS
Despite the bureaucratic rule of the government, physical
control of the people is not strict. Formation of associations and
organizations which do not have any relationship with any political
parties is allowed, and there is a so-called uncensored press. During
the 50s and 50s, manufacturing workers and labourers were the main
elements of discontent due to harsh working conditions, and the influence
of the strong leftist labour organizations. In 1967, a riot broke out
with increasing local social distress and the unstable political situa-
tion in China. It was finally calmed down. Entering the 708, the new
political situation, the relatively improved labour conditions, the
rapid urbanization and rural development of Hong Kong have brought social conflicts into new areas of life. New associations spouted
asquad these.
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