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precluded in the case of Hong Kong. China's
opposition to the development of such institutions which could affect their claim to sovereignty and could lead
to growth of KMT influence in the Colony is well understood by the local population.
Institutional
29. In these circumstances, the machinery of Government is developing on unique lines. The present Governor's intention is to produce a more obviously local and less obviously alien government allowing public participation at all levels designed to create cohesion and a sense of local identity based upon civic pride. His plans to do so follow four principal lines of approach:
(a) by developing greater communication between government and governed by increasing contacts between the local institutions at grass roots level (some of which are traditional and some of which, the Mutual Aid Committees, he has created on traditional Chinese lines) and local representatives of the central
government;
(b) by drawing Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council from a wider social background generally and in particular by appointing community
leaders identified from the local institutions mentioned at (a) above;
(c) by appointing, in due course, "Ministers" (care will be needed to find a term to take into
account Chinese sensitivities) for major Government Departments from among the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council; and
(a) by localising the Civil Service as much as possible bearing in mind the need to maintain a proportion of expatriates to exemplify the continuance of the colonial link.
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