Sir Edward Youde,
The Governor,
Hong Kong.
From A Hong Kong Resident, Somewhere in Hong Kong.
July 25th 1984.
Dear Sir Edward,
May I point out, in general, people of Hong Kong in respect of the 1997
issue fall into 4 categories as following:
1.) Those Hong Kong people who cannot accept the present arrangements and still
believe that the only way to solve the problems satisfactorily is that Chi-
na grants another lease to the British Government after 1997 or at least,
British administration continues in Hong Kong after China regains sovereign-
ty in 1997, so as to enable Hong Kong people to adopt democracy and self-
administration in Hong Kong, gradually and properly, with the British Govern- ment's guidance and support.
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2.) Those Hong Kong people who come to term with the present arrangements and try
to obtain terms in agreement acceptable to them.
3.) Those Hong Kong people who do not mind whatever form of ruling may be in Hong
Kong.
4.) Those people of Hong Kong who would like communism in Hong Kong.
I happen to fall into the first category. So are many Hong Kong people who
have already left Hong Kong. So are many Hong Kong people who do and will make
plans to leave Hong Kong. So are many Hong Kong people who want to leave Hong
Kong but get stuck in Hong Kong.
Unfortunately, the British Government could not possibly get leaders in Chi-
na to come to term with those Hong Kong people who fall into the 1st category.
So, all those Hong Kong people who fall into the 1st category must leave Hong Kong
or can only hope that a miracle will happen to help the situation.
May I put you on notice that leaders in China have earned themselves a very
bad reputation indeed and the worse is that what leaders in China have said so far
has only been self-explaining that they are totally self-willed and demanding Hong
Kong people together with the British Government to do all the giving so as to en-
able them to do all the taking.
Accordingly, it is most wrong that all those current leaders in Hong Kong
who are desirous to take over Hong Kong from the British Government want to speed
up democracy and self-administration in Hong Kong when Hong Kong people may not be
ready yet to cope with the change.
Anyway, I just do not understand why members of Umelco do not bother to col-
lect subtantial and concrete evidence to show the British Government and the whole
world that majority of Hong Kong people are strongly against the drastic change and would like the British Government to go on existing in Hong Kong after 1997, in
order to make sure that Hong Kong people may carry out democracy and self-administra-
tion in Hong Kong after 1997, safe and sound. My contention is that where there is