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treated in this cavalier manner.

Although I did not see

the programme myself, reading the transcript gives one

the impression that not only did the programme give an

entirely false picture of Hong Kong and put both the

Hong Kong Government and the British Government in the

worst possible light, but must also have given the

cind then sympathisers Chinese Mission in Portland Place/much satisfaction.

Indeed, one might be forgiven for having the impression-

that the programme was designed to this end. This view

is shared by others who did watch the programme in

question.

appears be one who likes to

indulge in the practice of continual sniping at those

in authority (currently a very popular pastime,

themselves

particularly amongst those who carry little or no

responsibility). For example, he stated quite cate-

gorically that the support of the people for the Hong

not to any shore of loyalty to the Grow

Kong Government was due entirely to material self

interest (an assertion supported by the highly contentious

statement that the people were afraid of losing "the

rewards of a decade of struggle"). This allegation

ignores altogether the fact that more than a million of

the Colony's population are refugees from communism who

"voted with their feet" for the kind of life they can

take his live in Hong Kong.\ Again, Mr. Pettiforis statement;

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"almost everyone for a change had a good word to say

for the police, and British officials congratulated

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M.P.# Mr. Pellifer seems incapable themselves on weathering the storm" The words under-

paying any tribute to those in authority lined indicate his apparent inability to pay any sort

of compliment to officialdom without turning it into a

Sout backhander by the inclusion of some sort of qualification

There is another and later reference by Mr. Pettifer

to "self-congratulation in official circles" which he

describes as "euphoria".

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