TNAG-2494-FCO40-3626-Future-of-Hong-Kong-constitutional-development-Chinese-reac-1992 — Page 131

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(b)

Suspicions

reinforced

endorsement

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:

about the package's

merits are

by the lack of visible and vigorous

from the traditional

:

pro-HKG

establishment and denunciation by prominent

community and business leaders.

(c)

In addition, the package is depicted as a

typical UK ploy to destabilise its former

colonies through polarising their people in

the name of self-rule and democracy (e.g.,

India, Pakistan).

8.

United Front tactics currently attach very high

priority to

identifying the constitutional package with the

Governor personally:

(a)

He is the formal embodiment of British rule.

(b)

He has not been in the territory long enough

to build up a large circle of individuals and

groups who are indebted to him for patronage

or personal intervention on their behalf.

(c)

He can be attacked as a "politician" who does

not respect "Chinese traditions" in the

political field (e.g., respect for authority,

reliance on elites).

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