IT HAS BEEN DUE TO THE FULL FREEDOM ALLOWED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE RULE OF LAW OBSERVED HERE AND THE LAISSEZ-FAIRE ECONOMIC
SYSTEM SUBJECT TO NO INTERFERENCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE HONG KONG TYPE HAVE BEEN WON AND THE TERRITORY HAVING TURNED INTO A LEADING TRADE AND FINANCIAL CENTRE IN THE WORLD. TO HAVE HONG KONG ADMINISTERED BY HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL BE FEASIBLE ONLY IF FREEDOM AND THE SYSTEM OF RULE OF LAW ARE MAINTAINED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT SO AS TO KEEP UP AND DEVELOP THE HONG KONG TYPE PROSPERITY. THE KEY IS, THEREFORE, NOT WHETHER THE IDEA OF HAVING HONG KONG ADMINISTERED BY HONG KONG PEOPLE IS FEASIBLE: IT IS WHETHER FREEDOM AND RULE OF LAW WILL CONTINUE WHEN HONG KONG IS ADMINISTERED BY HONG KONG PEOPLE. NOR IS THE KEY ON RACE - A POINT WE HAVE ELABORATED BEFORE. IT IS NOT 'WHY THE CHINESE CAN'T DO WHAT THE BRITISH DO?" THE CAPITALIST STABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN SINGAPORE HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED BY CHINESE AND THE RESULT HAS BEEN QUITE GOOD. THE PERFORMANCES OF THE BRITISH IN BRITAIN, THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CANADA AND SOUTH AFRICA DIFFER EXTENSIVELY. THE BRITISH OBSERVE FULL FREEDOM AND RULE OF LAW IN BRITAIN, THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND CANADA, BUT IN SOUTH AFRICA THE RULE OF LAW PRACTISED BY THE BRITISH THERE LEAVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED. THE FREE ECONOMIC SYSTEM BEING ENFORCED IN BRITAIN IS SUBJECT TO MORE RESTRICTIONS THAN IN HONG KONG, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM AND THE POWER ALLOWED TRADE UNIONS IN BRITAIN HAVE PROVED TO BE A HANDICAP TO PROMOTING PROSPERITY, RESULTING IN BRITAIN'S SLOWER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPARED TO HONG KONG'S. THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS WILL HAVE TO BE FULFILLED TO MAKE THE IDEA OF HAVING HONG KONG ADMINISTERED BY HONG KONG PEOPLE UNDER THE LAWS OF HONG KONG FEASIBLE. THE CONDITIONS INCLUDE: THE JUDICIARY REMAINS INDEPENDENT: ALL THE FREEDOMS NOW ALLOWED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE KEPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT: FREE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO OPERATE WITHOUT BEING INTERFERED WITH BY PLANNED ECONOMY: CENTRALIZED POWER POLITICS AND FEUDALISTIC BEHAVIOURS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO TRESPASS UPON ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE: POLITICAL MOVEMENTS AND FACTIONAL POWER STRUGGLES OUTSIDE HONG KONG ARE NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE NORMAL OPERATION OF ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG: THE HONG KONG PEOPLE TO ADMINISTER HONG KONG ARE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG INSTEAD OF BEING APPOINTED ELSEWHERE: THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO HONG KONG ARE MADE IN HONG KONG
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