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PANGALA SAMY NO. 51
2 8 APR 1983
A Summary of Reports of Interest
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21st April, 1983 No. 17/83
The April 16 edition of the Pai Shing Semi-monthly carried an article by two Hong Kong students, Tsang Yui- sang and Choi Bo-king, now studying in Britain. They wrote about some of their observations after reading the following articles on the future of HK that had been published in the Pai Shing magazine:
1) speech by Lord MacLehose to the Hong Kong Association, 2) speech by Mr John Walden to the "Meeting Point",
3) an article by Mr Tse Kim calling on the formation of a
Chinese commonwealth,
4) an article by Mr Hu Ju-ren on the feasibility of
Hong Kong under self-rule.
The writers felt that the significance of the speeches of Lord MacLehose and Mr Walden was their call on the people of HK to voice their views on the future of the territory. Mr Walden was very frank and urged the HK residents to set up a non-government coalition capable of reflecting their views to the Hong Kong, British and Chinese Governments.
The writers believed that the assessment of Mr Walden on the question of HK's future is reliable because he had been a member of the Working Party on Local Administration in 1966 and therefore should have a deep understanding of the problems involved in local administration.
Lord MacLehose, being fettered by his capacity as a member of the think-tank for the Prime Minister on the HK issue, could not speak freely on the subject.
He did, however, urge the people of HK to speak up.
The articles by Mr Tse and Mr Hu were about the political development and way of administration in China. They pointed out that because of China's disregard for democracy and the rule of law, it would be unacceptable to the people of HK to have the administration over the territory handed over to China. Mr Hu concluded that China's proposal of HK under self-rule was not feasible while Mr Tse put forward the proposal of forming a Chinese commonwealth within which HK would be an equal and independent member.
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