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POPULAR SENTIMENT 1 HONG KONG (CSUB HEAD))
WHE DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, IF ONE ONLY LOOKS AT
THE FIGURE 1997 AND THE ATTITUDES OF CHINA AND BRITAIN, HE COULD
BE PASICALLY RIGHT SUT COULD ALSO MAKE A SERIOUS MISTAKE THE
POPULAR SENT IMENT IN HONG KONG COULD BECOME A BOMB THAT COULD
SHAKE THIS SOCIETY.
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IN 1966, NO ONE EVERY SUSPECTED THAT THERE WOULD SE CREAT CHANCES
OCCURING I HONG KONG, BUT THE DISTURBANCES OVER THE FARE INCREASE
OF THE STAR FERRY STUNNED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. TO THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT THE DISCONTENT OF YOUTH WHICH APPEARED DURING THE
DISTURBANCES IN 1966 WAS MORE WORRYING THAN THE ORGANIZED
STRIKES OF THE LEFT IST GROUPS BECAUSE THE LATTER WILL NOT
OCCUR AGAIN. IN HIS NEW YEAR'S DAY SPEECH THIS YEAR, DIRECT OR
OF HOME AFFAIRS JOHN WALDEN BEGAN STRESSING THAT "COMING INTO
THE 1980'S, A COUNTERCURRENT OF DISCONTENT HAS EMERGED IN HONG
KONG," AND THAT "AT PRESENT, THE WHITE COLLAR WORKERS ARE THE
ONES WHO ARE DISCONTENT AND NOT THE ELUE COLLAR WORKERS."
( (TEXT >> LIKE MAFY DEVELOPING SOCIETIES AFTER WORLD WAR II
A NEW GENERATION HAS MATURED IN HONG KONG. YOUNG PEOPLE BORN
AFTER THE WAR CONSTITUTE MORE THAN ONE HALF OF HONG KONG'S
POPULATION. A GROUP OF VIGOROUS. AND ENERGETIC YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
STARTING TO OCCUPY MA JOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS IN VAFIJUS
SECTORS IN HONG KONG. THEY WERE BORN HERE, GREW UP HERE, ARE
WELL ADJUSTED TO LIVING CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG AND ARE WILLING
ADJUSTED TO LIV
TO WORK HARD FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HONG KONG. IF THE DISTUR-
BANCES IN 1966 WERE ONLY THE EXPRESSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S
SOCIAL DISCONTENT AND EXCESSIVE ENERGY, TODAY THIS MATURE NEW
GENERATION NO LONGER WANTS DESTRUCTION. THEY WANT CONSTRUCTION.
THEY WANT TO ENGAGE IN CONSTRUCTION IN THE DIRECTION THAT THEY
AGREE TO.
THE CONTINUOUS UPSURGE OF POLITICAL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS CAN BE
SEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. THE NEW GENERATION IS NOT AS TAME
AS THEIR PARENTS.
THEY NO LONGER BELIEVE THAT THE POOR
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