HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S EXTENTION OF ITS NETWORK TO EVERY NOOK
OF THE SOCIETY BY CREATING ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS, UNDOUSTEDLY,
IS A MEASURE TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF ITS ADMINISTRATION
AND CONTROL. BUT IT COULD ALSO DE CENTRALIZE ADMINISTRATIVE
POWER DOWN TO GRASSROOT OFFICIALS. OF COURSE, THE POLICY OF DIVISION
INTO DISTRICTS COULD ALSO EASE LONG STANDING CONTRADICTIONS
IN THE COMMUNITIES ARISING FROM OVERPOPULATION AND THE SCARCITY OF LAND
AND HELP DEAL WITH SOME PRESSURE GROUPS WHICH HAVE THRIVED DUE THO THESE
CONTRADICTIONS.
THE THIRD ASPECT IS THE POLICY OF PROFESSIONALIZATION.
THE
NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES IN THE GOVERNMENT IS
INCREASING AND IT IS ALSO PLANNING TO ABSORB MORE PEOPLE FROM
THE MIDDLE CLASS AND INTELLECTUALS AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
IF AS THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS JOHN WALDEN SAID
MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES ARE TO BE NOMINATED
BY "PELIABLE” ORGANIZATIONS, THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE A MOVE TO
GRANT POLITICAL POWER TO PROFESSIONAL PRESSURE GROUPS.
POLICY OF LOCALIZATION, PROFESSIONAL IZATION
UNOFFICIAL
LIKE THE
COULD TAKE AWAY THE POLITICAL CAPITAL OF SOME TRADITIONAL
"OPPOSITIONISTS."
IN FACT, WITH THE MODERNIZATION OF THE
NG KONG
SOCIETY, THE IMPORTANCE OF PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE WILL GRADUALLY
TAKE THE PLACE OF THE NOBLE SENTIMENT OF CRUSADING FOR THE PEOPLE
THE POLICIES DISCUSSED ABOVE WERE ALL FORMULATED BY THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT WITH AN EYE ON SOME EXISTING CONTRADICTIONS IN
SOCIETY. THESE CONTRADICTIONS ARE ALSO THE CHANNELS EY WHICH
THE POPULAR SENTIMENT IN HONG KONG COULD PLAY ITS ROLE=FIRST=
AMONG THESE CONTRADICTIONS IS THAT BETWEEN THE COLONIAL RULE AND HONG
KONG'S GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT INTO A CAPITALIST SOCIETY, THE ERA
WHEN A FEW IGNORANT BRITISH MEN FROM THE MAINLAND COULD ORDER
PEOPLE ABOUT AND ISSUE ORDERS LEFT AND RIGHT IS GONE FOREVER.
THE SECOND ONE 15 CONTRADICTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES ARISING
FROM THE LAND PROBLEM IN HONG KONG. AMONG THE INCIDENTS OF
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