WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1984
+ THE LOSS TO HONG KONG CAUSED BY THEIR DEPARTURE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE SUDDENESS, WILL BE GREAT FOR THEY ARE THE BACKBONE FOR HONG KONG'S PHENOMENAL SUCCES ANJ PROVIDE THE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT FOR THE MANY ENTERPRIS THAT HELP TO CREATE THE JOBS WHICH FEED OVER FIVE MILLION PEOPLE, HE SAID.
MOREOVER, NOT ALL OF THEM WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE LONG AND ARDUOUS PURSUIT WHICH ULTIMATELY LEADS TO THE ACQUISITION OF AN OPTION, HE ADDED.
+ MANY IN THEIR SEARCH FOR AN OPTION MAY FALL PREY TO SHARKS AND PAY FOR PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT GIVE THEM ANY RIGHT OF RESIDENCE OR BUY FOREIGN PASSPORTS OF DOUBTFUL VALIDITY.
+ THE SEARCH WILL SAP TOO MUCH OF THEIR ENERGY AND THERE WILL BE LITTLE LEFT FOR THE CREATIVE WORK WHICH THEY WERE CAPABLE OF AND WHICH HONG KONG NEEDS, HE SAID.
HE FELT THAT WORSE STILL, THE SEARCH FOR OPTIONS WAS BEING MI SUNDERSTOOD BY WESTERN PEOPLE AND WESTERN COUNTRIES AS A WISH TO EMIGRATE TODAY.
+UNDERESTIMATING OUR FIERCE DESIRE TO STAY IN HONG KONG, WESTERN PEOPLE CYNICALLY AND WRONGLY THINK IF YOU HAD THE RIGHT TO COME YOU WOULD BE BOUND TO COME',+ HE SAID.
THEY THEREFORE LOOKED UPON ALL HONG KONG TRAVELLERS WITH INCREASING SUSPICION, HE ADDED.
+THIS WILL GRADUALLY ERODE OUR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT WHETHER WE TRAVEL FOR BUSINESS OR FOR PLEASURE, FOR SCHOOLING OR FOR IMMIGRATION, HE WARNED.
HE SAID THAT HE HAD JUST BEEN TOLD THAT IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS IN SOME FOREIGN COUNTRIES WERE ALREADY DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THE HONG KONG TRAVELLER, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG STUDENT.
+WE CANNOT EXPECT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ANY POSITIVE ACTION THAT MIGHT BE CONSTRUED AS BEING IN CONFLICT WITH BRITISH GOVERNMENT POLICY.
+WE CANNOT EXPECT ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ANY POSITIVE ACTION THAT MIGHT BE CONSTRUED AS INTERFERENCE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
HE SUGGESTED WHAT THE COMMUNITY COULD MODESTLY DO ON ITS OWN WAS TO ENCOURAGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INSTITUTION FUNDED PRIVATELY AND CHARGED TO DO SPECIFIC THINGS, SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING:
+ INVESTIGA'E THE
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