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This approach would offer the following dividends:
(a) HKG would demonstrate once again the depth of
its commitment to the territory's social and
economic progress, as well as to its political
development.
As a result, CPG claims of a "British plot" to
ruin a colonial territory (e.g., India) would
look less credible.
(b)
"Ownership" of the package would be spread
across the senior ranks of HKG as a whole.
As a result, CPG claims of an "expatriate
clique"
foisting "alien" democracy on the
territory would look less credible.
(c)
The community would
be
reassured that HKG's
first concern was still how to provide the
best possible service to the public.
As a result, the CPG's warnings of impending
social
anarchy and economic
sound somewhat hollow.
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