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(b)
Suspicions
reinforced
endorsement
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about the package's
merits are
by the lack of visible and vigorous
from the traditional
:
pro-HKG
establishment and denunciation by prominent
community and business leaders.
(c)
In addition, the package is depicted as a
typical UK ploy to destabilise its former
colonies through polarising their people in
the name of self-rule and democracy (e.g.,
India, Pakistan).
8.
United Front tactics currently attach very high
priority to
identifying the constitutional package with the
Governor personally:
(a)
He is the formal embodiment of British rule.
(b)
He has not been in the territory long enough
to build up a large circle of individuals and
groups who are indebted to him for patronage
or personal intervention on their behalf.
(c)
He can be attacked as a "politician" who does
not respect "Chinese traditions" in the
political field (e.g., respect for authority,
reliance on elites).
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