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16.
The CPG
always resist any tendency for HKG and the
local
community
to
exercise a significant
degree of
autonomy:
(a) The CPG has always feared that its sovereignty
would be jeopardised by local "home rule".
(b). The CPG
wants 1997
to
mark
Hong Kong's
"liberation" from
colonialism and, therefore,
wants autonomy and democracy to follow
resumption of sovereignty.
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(c) The
CPG
also
believes that the
UK
has
commercial interests in Hong Kong
important
and China and, therefore, thac HMG will be
willing
to
sacrifice
constitutional
development
Hong Kong in the hope of
post-1997 economic gains.
dealing direct with HMG, the CPG is able to
(d)
By
reinforce
suspicions
ruled for the UK's
only a limited
interests.
that
the territory
is
benefit and that HKG has
capacity to represent local
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