6.
tang bias, and it was difficult to get the promoters to realise
that their celebrations were to take place here under the British
flag or to give that flag the prominence which ordinary rules of
courtesy governing the relations of guest to host might seem to
require. However complaisant to control and however thankful for
permission the promotors profess themselves to be on these occasions
one has the impression that they mean to have it their own way,
and give the whole proceedings just that particular colour which
they prefer.
15.
The Party has recently proposed the erection for "cultural"
purposes, whatever that may mean, of a Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall
in Hong Kong and has sought "facilities" from this Government for
the project. The plans have got no further than the formation of
a Committee, some of the members of which aver that their consent
to serve has not been obtained, to collect subscriptions. The
proposal illustrates the proprietary attitude of the Kuomintang
towards Hong Kong and its disregard of the really urgent needs
of the place, to which any available sites, building materials,
and capital should in present circumstances be devoted.
16.
In all these affairs it has become evident that the local
Chinese, apart from those who are strongly partisan in favour of
the Communists or the Democratic Party, are not disposed to anta-
gonise the Kuomintang, however lukewarm their sympathies may be
towards it. The reason is not far to seek; in the prevailing
uncertainty as to the future of the Colony, the Chinese who belongs
to Hong Kong and has all his property and prospects for future
livelihood centered here, does not wish to find himself in the event
of the rendition of Hong Kong to China a person of no influence
with or even in disfavour with what is the most powerful political
party in China.
17.
The relations of the Kuomintang in Hong Kong to the
office of the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs for Kwangtung and
Kwangsi, who has his residence and headquarters here, present some