people in Hong Kong are content not to have elections on any substantial scale, and would not welcome the uncertainties that would accompany them.
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This does not mean, however, that nobody in Hong Kong would favour elections. Some certainly do, particularly, as the Report suggests, among the younger generation. This is a fact of which we may have to take more account of in the future.
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For the present, however, it is our opinion that the uncertainties accompanying an expansion of the elective process would have a damaging effect which would outweigh such gains as there might be in making the Government more representative. In view of this, and of the other considerations of which we are both aware, we believe that the interests of Hong Kong are best served by further expansion and refinement of the existing machinery for ascertaining public opinion.
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