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TRIGGERED BY THE SMALLEST AND MOST UNEXPECTED THINGS).
8. THERE WILL BE MORE CALLS FOR PASSPORTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF HONG
KONG.
9.
ACCUSATIONS OF ''SELL OUT' LEADING TO INCREASED ANTI-BRITISH SENTIMENTS. DETERIORATION OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S CREDIBILITY IN HONG KONG WHICH WILL IN TURN DAMAGE ITS STANDING AND REPUTATION
INTERNATIONALLY.
10.
A GRADUAL BREAKDOWN IN BRITISH AUTHORITY AND TENDENCY FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE TO OPT TO DEAL WITH CHINESE REPRESENTATIVES IN HONG KONG, THIS COINCIDES WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW HEAD OF NCNA KNOWN TO BE INCLINED TO INTERFERE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG.
11. SENSIBLE PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND FOR ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WISH TO TAKE PART IN A SYSTEM WHICH CONVERGES AFTER 1997 WHICH
IS RIGGED. THOSE ELECTED BY DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1991 WILL BE MUCH MORE CONFRONTATIONAL.
12.
GIVING IN TOTALLY TO THE CHINESE WILL BE REGARDED BY THE HONG KONG PEOPLE AS AN ACT OF SURRENDER, AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL FROM THAT POINT ONWARDS BECOME TRULY LAME-DUCK. HONG KONG PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER PRESERVE THEIR CONFIDENCE AND WILL LOSE THEIR MOTIVATION. THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS' CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG IS DEPENDENT ON HONG KONG'S PEOPLE CONFIDENCE, THE LOSS OF WHICH WILL RESULT IN INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS WITHDRAWING THEIR COMMITMENT FROM HONG KONG, AND WITHHOLDING AND REDIRECTING THEIR FUTURE COMMITMENTS ELSEWHERE. IT WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS AND ATTRACT NEW INVESTMENTS.
13.
HONG KONG'S POSITION AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE WILL BE SERIOUSLY UNDERMINED IF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY SEES THE RETROGRESSION OF HONG KONG FROM ITS PRESENT FREE SYSTEM TO ONE OF CONTROL BY THE HEAVY HANDS. OF COMMUNIST CHINA.
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