and protects their rights. This is no
easy
where
watter to effect in this Colony Hestern and Eastern civilizations meet,
and where manners, crestoms, religions, and traditions differ so widely, Hongkong.
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as in
When Governor Sir G. Bowen
appoint a Chinese Meuber
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of
the
Legislative Comeil, he did not select the
person whom
many
Europeans desired,
but let tris choice fall on
the per
(tr Nony Shing) whom the Registrer
ural had ascertrived to be desired
as their representative by
the leading
wwuchers
of the Chinese Community. On a -recent occasion, when there
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munity against the recive and other incowenieuer attendinga Chincre
eligious festival, the Coveruuuuct scopportet. the Chicose in the froe exercise of their rights. Sometimes it is simply impossible
4.
to carry out the views of the Chiura in euch subjects, for example, as
Sanitation, but
that does not militate against
statement at
the
already made that, as for as
practicable, their wier's are attended to- This whole subject is fully disaccoond
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in the Governor's Despatch N.360
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May, 1885, and in the Secretary of:
dated 18th July, 1883. Sir
State's reply
George Bowen,
as will be seen
paragraph 7 of 71.240, supported the
Chinese in the matter.
from
of their religious
petitions
were addressed to him by
processions and observances, although