TNAG-1307-FCO40-1664-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1984 — Page 25

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AS

CAN WO

afeguard the freelor and

standard of life of our descendants.

If we

cannot find an

eptable formula for an independent Hong Kong under the

Chinese flag, then at the very least we must make sure that the

guarantees to be given by the present Chinese Government are

guaranteed also by an outside party, preferably the United

Nations, so that if these guarantees are broken at least the

world will know about it.

Freedom and democracy has never been achieved by waiting for it

to percolate through from above. The pressure for democracy

must come from the bottom up. It cannot be imposed from above,

and anyhow no Government is willing to give away its power to

the people without being exposed to considerable pressure

whatever lipservice is paid to the concept of democracy.

It is

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