TNAG-0944-FCO40-1163-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 102

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IN EEF, UNDER THE PRESENT CONDITIONS, THE KIDDLE CLASS AND

PRESSURE GROUPS CANNOT BECOME A DECISIVE FORCE, BUT THEY CAN

DISE UPT THE EQUILIBRIUM IN HONG KONG AND EXERT A CERTAIN INFLUENCE.

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE CCP FORCES IN HONG KONG HAVE

ADOPTED DIFFERENT POLICIES IN MEETING THIS CHALLENGE.

LOCALIZATION, DIVISION INTO DISTRICTS AND PROFESSIONALIZATION

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IT SEEMS THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN A MORE POSITIVE

STAND THAN THE CCP TOWARD THE PROBLEM OF PRESSURE FROM NONPARTISAN

FORCES IN SOCIETY. THIS IS PERHAPS BECAUSE IT IS THE ONE IN POWER

AND IS THE TARGET OF THIS PRESSURE.

SINCE THE EARLY 1970'S, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS INSTITUTED

QUITE A FEW REFORMS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE. THIS INCLUDES

SETTING UP A LARGE NUMBER OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES

REOPGAN IZ ING

THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF DISTRICT OFFICES,

IMPLEMENT ING A GREEN PAPER POLICY AND ENCOURAGING THE ESTABLISHMENT

OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. RECENTLY, THE

HONG KONG GOUINMENT RELEASED A NOT HER GREEN PAPER ON

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

THIS GREEN PAPER ON ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS IS ACTUALLY PART

OF A SERIES OF POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN

THE PAST FEW YEARS. THESE POLICIES HAVE NOT ONLY IMPROVED

THE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

AL SO ACCOMMODATED AND CHANNELED THE SOCIAL DISCONTENT AND SERVED

TO PREPARE FOR AND MOLD THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG. THESE POLICIES.

CAN BE GENERALLY CLASSIFIED INTO SEVERAL ASPECTS

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((TEXT)) THE FIRST ASPECT IS THE FURTHER LOCALIZATION OF THE

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. FOR ONE THING, BRITAIN FINDS IT DIFFICULT

TO FIND SUITABLE TOP COLONIAL OFFICIALS TO TAKE ON THE COMPLICATED

DUTIES IN THIS PECULIAR PLACE CALLED HONG KONG, FOR ANOTHER, THE

YOUNGER GENERATION IN HONG KONG HAS MATURED AND ARE GRADUALLY

BECOMING CAPABLE OF TAKING ON THE HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGING