HONG KONG GOVERNMENT (Part 1).
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The Hong Kong Government's first and probably
greatest failing is that generally speaking it is entirely
out of sympathy with modern China, its outlook and the goal,
which it is determined to reach. Another failing, which is
due to the fact of the local service being a watertight
compartment, but is none the less disastrous to British
interests, is the parochial outlook of the Government.
correct this and to deal properly with future problems it
is most necessary, that appointments from outside should be
of men of broad outlook and character able to overcome local
traditions and prejudices.
To
It is not because of the official majority in
Council, which we must have, that conditions in Hong Kong
are as bad as they are but rather because the personnel
of the Government are so profoundly soaked in Colonial Office
tradition, so strongly Conservative, that it prevents them
from moving with the times unless absolutely forced to do so.
For many years the Eurasian in Hong Kong, for some
unaccountable reason, has been much more prominent in local
Government affairs than the Chinese themselves. This is a
problem the Government are now seriously faced with. These
people have not only become very rich, but have also to a
considerable extent managed to ingratiate themselves with
the Chinese, so that it will be a difficult task for the
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