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20.

(c) Business

(d)

vulnerable

goodwill.

IAL

TEX

leaders

15

have

been

particularly

as they fear the loss of commercial

This situation 1S aggravated by the way in

which prominent

personalities have distanced

themselves from HKG (e.g., hostile remarks on

the constitutional

package from Sir Q. W. LEE

and

Sir David

Akers-Jones

at this week's

session

Of

the

Business

and

Professionals

Federation).

So far,

the CPG's assault on the establishment has

produced limited results:

pressures have become quite widely known,

(a)

CPG

which confirms

the

communi

anxieties about CPG intentions.

ת!

deep-rooted

community's general support of the package

(b)

The

deters

many within the establishment from

toeing the CPG's line publicly.

(c)

Nevertheless,

significant number within the

establishment

goodwill

by

the

would be ready to buy future CPG

rejecting

package if HKG

appeared to

have

lost

the community's

endorsement.

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機密

rosy

Spectacles?