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Annex C
Annex D
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The
In discharging its duties SCOPG decided to concentrate on the main groups active in the fields of housing, social welfare, education, labour and environmental protection. activities of the Hong Kong Observers and prominent student groups were also examined. Political groups, trade unions and Civil Service groups are not included in the revicu.
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A list of the major pressure groups, together with brief notes on declared objectives and personalities and a general
A list of groups assessment on their activities is at Annex C. which have been identified but not closely studied, either for the reasons given above or because they became known after SCOPC's main deliborations, is at Armex D.
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The series of SCOPG discussions has provided excellent opportunitics for an exchange of views botucon departments and branchics. Members ero,
however, aware at the outset that it would be difficult to come to a definito conclusion at the cnd of the day as to whether pressure groups are beneficial or damaging to the community.
The Pressure Groups? Specific Interests and Common Objectives
8.
Different pressure groups tend to concentrate their
The Society of activities on specific spheres of interests. Community Organisation (SOCO) and the Ecumenical Community Development Project (ECDP) for example have a special interest in housing matters and wore largely responsible for the formation of the Rental Action Group and subsequently the People's Council on Public Housing Policy. The Hong Kong Christian Industrial
In most Committee is generally concerned with labour matters. cases, those groups act independently and there has been little co-operation and liaison between them. By contrast, the Hong Kong Observers was formed avowedly to deal with any subject of community interest while recently there has been a tendency for organisations with supposedly narrow interests (such as the Professional Teachers' Union) to move outside their om specific fields.
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Recent months also saw a tendency for groups to
For join together to pressurise Government on specific issues. example, common fronts' have been soon or such issues as the Golden Jubilee School, the closure of CTV, Chinose Language,
It appears Anti-pornography and the Yaumatei boat squatters. thet, having found a theme of common interest, close co-operation has been achieved at least between the loaders of different groups end such joint action has succeeded in generating greater pressure on the Government than when the groups have acted individually. So far such co-operation has been confined to issues affecting only certain sectors of the community, and it is too early to say whether it could be sustained for longer term campaigns. Nonetheless, recent events have confirmed the
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