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團表代英訪局議鄉界新
NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK'S
DELEGATION TO UNITED KINGDOM
also leads to the peaceful coexistence between these two nations, The Heung Yee Ku realises that because Hong Kong and the New Territories are politically and economically linked on the basis of reciprocal aid and reciprocal benefits, Hong Kong serves as the bridge sustaining the friendly relations between China and U.K. In the light of these factors, the Heung Yee Kuk's plans for social reforms in the New Territories must, in the first place, take into account the relations and interests of all sides.
The British Government can no longer maintain its past erron- eous viewpoints; neither can it continue allowing the oligarchical government of Hong Kong to treat the Hong Kong people with the remnants of the colonial system. What it must do, when discussing various problems, is to bear in mind the new conideas and new relat- ions that are built on the basis of equal status between China and Britain.
The manner in which Britain dealt with the Gibralter issue over 10 years ago was more or less a revelation to the New Territor- ies people. They have similar geographical environments - Gibralter being a small peninsula at the southern tip of Spain while the New Territories is situated in the south of China. The Gibraltarians' demand for social reforms was finally agreed to by the British Government. In the past, the methods adopted by Britain to handle colonial problems were of varied political design in order to suit the individual local condition, eg. the sanction of the establish- ment of an elected House of Commons and an appointed House of Lords for Bermuda and the Bahama Islands, so that the local inhabitants might have the right to speak. A comparison of the above examples with the present political situation in the New Territories would show that the Chinese are, after all, a peace-loving nation, and New Territories people have not yet presented any hard terms unaccep- table to the British Government. Nonetheless, the New Territories Heung Yee Kuk have to state clearly "Colonialism is absolutely unwelcome to the New Territories people." The extent to which they can bear all the unfair measures taken in the New Territories by the Hong Kong Government has a limit. The most suitable way to tackle the political situation in today's New Territories is to introduce social reforms by peaceful negotiation.
It is an undeniable fact that the Hong Kong Government effects economic exploitation in the New Territories, Mainly of land. Three processes are adopted :
1. Re-assignment of land rights through unilateral leases;
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