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(b)
In the past, these groups were
cultivated
carefully by HKG.
Currently, they are wooed
assiduously by the
CPG.
As a result, they
believe that
interests from the "welfare stateism", "income
the CPG will protect their
redistribution" and "trade unionism" that the
constitutional package will bring.
(c)
PRC investments.
Many in these groups feel vulnerable to CPG
commercial pressures because of their current
In addition, their PRC
experiences indicate that the CPG demands
constant respect for its political authority
in the form of deference and bribes in return
for cooperation.
(a)
Many feel
very
disadvantage
in
(e)
westernised and at
managing
their
a
PRC
CPG.
relationships except on terms dictated by the
They assume that HKG ought to follow a
similarly subordinate attitude in seeking to
win CPG cooperation.
For the civil service, the biggest problem is
confusion about how to transfer loyalties from
administration to PRC sovereignty.
a colonial
Anti-foreign sentiment makes cooperation with
a Marxist-Lenist state seem less unpalatable.
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