resources can be reasonably distributed.
In future, these bodies will
be retained and reinforced as a means of promoting domocracy.
Political parties are not desirable in Hong Kong
The bourgeoisie in Hong Kong have not attained political
maturity and cannot come up with a strong, disciplined and well-organized
political group. To encourage party politics will only give rise to the formation of large numbers of small political groups.
These groups
are loosely organized and lack cadres from the basic to middle and
higher ranks. They have no support from the masses and wield their
influence by packaging themselves in the media as 'outspoken' or
'democratic' organizations or even individuals. Caught in a vicious
competition, they are forever seeking opportunities and talking
points, sometimes even disregarding the entire situation in
pursuit of the interests of the minority. They fight for this and
that. They criticize indiscriminately and make impromptu remarks like
knowledgeable geniuses, without having conducted any investigation or
research. Their publicity caters to the whims of the public and the
best way to win public support is to encourage the low-salaried class
to query and oppose the current method of distributing social resources
in Hong Kong. Party politics will ultimately lead to hefty increases
in welfare expenditure, unlimited expansion of the administration and
staff redundancy. A society which has to accommodate an increasing
number of political parties remains politically unstable and economically
backward. All the four 'little dragons' of Asia - South Kora, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong are places where government power is centralized
in the administration, and Hong Kong, in particular, offers the most
opportunity for public participation. It would not be a blessing if
Hong Kong were to adopt a western-style parliamentary system whereby
political parties run for elections and vie to bring each other down
and under which the government can always be toppled by a vote of
confidence. If this happens, all the capitalists in Hong Kong will
run away in fright. This is because Hong Kong will be badly crippled
by any disorder. If Beijing is called in to contribute money and efforts
to clear up the mess, the capitalists will only retreat all the more
quickly as they cannot see what lies ahead.