that
power and order are not identical with
straitjacket of doctrine, whether economic
or political; that it is possible
reconcile individual liberty
texture of
of society - with the indispensable
minimum of organising and authority".
a loose
114.
realities
I bring those opinions to the task
of governing Hong Kong, where the ink of
international agreements and the implacable
of history, geography and
economics shape and determine the way in
which such views can be applied. That is a
fact well understood by the people of Hong
Kong, better understood by them perhaps than
by many of those who would like you to be
the heroic pawns of their own doubtlessly
well-meaning preconceptions.
But No Stagnation
115.
So the
Hong Kong is
constrained.
pace of democratisation in
we all know - necessarily
But it is constrained, not
There are, in its tracks.
of
whatever may
stopped dead
course, those who say that
happen elsewhere, Hong Kong doesn't need any
further political development. They often
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