From: vcsc327@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (student)
Subject: Re: PRC wants to abrogate Joint Declaration on HK
Organization: San Francisco State University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:07:23 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.190319.20610@wuecl.wustl.edu> anw1@cec1.wustl.edu (Aaron Wong) writes:
>In article <1992Nov19.175810.1475@tamsun.tamu.edu> x0y3510@tamuts.tamu.edu (Xuejun Yang) writes:
>
>>I fully sympathasize with what the HK people feel. But to mainly blame
>>CCP, in my opinion, is showing that you have right played into the
>>British hands. The real reason behind this disputes is to get a bigger
>>share of the HK's dollars. The British uses this universally popular
>>word "Democritization" as a main bargaining chip. I also want to see
>>more democracy. What is odd is the timing of the British intentions
>>to democritize KH. Why do they pop this thing up only after the new
>>airport talks break down? What have they been doing in the past 100
>>years? And more recently, when they are discussing the turnover of
>>HK with CCP? You have to question the true reason of the British.
>>They want to get as much money out of HK and create as much debt
>>for the future HK government as possible. So don't be tricked by
>>the smiling British. They could be worse-meaning than the grim-looking
>>CCP. Because it's in CCP 's interest not to mess up HK's financies.
>>After all, the British are leaving and its the CCP that inherits 
>>whatever the British might leave behind.
>>Simply put, its money that is the true reason.
>>
>
>That's a very interesting arguement. I admit that I have never thought
>of it that way. But even so, CCP's current hysteria is unjustified.
>
>First, no matter what UK's motives are, democracy is only going to be useful
>to HK in the future as some sort of a safeguard against CCP's capricity. 
>They might have the intention to keep HK the way it is now, but their policy 
>changes all the time. We don't want to rely on them for consistancy.
>
>For the airport: come on, look at Chicago O'Hare, Tokyo Narita, Singapore 
>Changi, New York JFK, London Heathrow, Paris CDG.... none of these are
>smaller than 5 times of KaiTak. HK, as one of the most important cities in
>the world, has nothing but an airport that works only 18 hours a day with 
>only ONE runway!? That's dispicable! :>  We need and deserve a world-class
>airport. HK has a healthy economy and we can handle some debt once in a while.
>Hong Kong is not USA. We don't have a congress with a gridlock. We love
>efficiency. Hong Kong will be more than fine as soon as CCP just leave us 
>alone.
>
>CCP is blatantly ignoring HK's wishes. They had, more than once, say that
>democratization is against popular wishes, contrary to all the polls.
>I am not embracing UK as some sort of saviour or what not, but at least 
>Chris Patten is moving in the right direction. UK may have some other
>motives, perhaps that's the price for the insurance policy 
>against CCP.
>
>NGOK

   It is all divide and conquer. The British intention is to put their
   man into the legislature so they can maintain their control and
   influence beyond 1997. I don't think any sovereign nation will allow
   one of their territory government under foreign control, especially
   China.

   Remember, HK will never become independent as some people wish.

   Kimbo

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