By Ian Scott
Scott makes a speciality of Hong Kong's political, bureaucratic and felony associations. the 1st part is anxious with public opinion on institutional provisions, balloting structures and political events. the second one bargains with present difficulties dealing with the administrative, legislature, forms and criminal approach. The 3rd half considers the results of chinese language rule at the social and monetary context during which Hong Kong's associations will, or won't, functionality. Scott concludes with a dialogue of attainable situations of institutional improvement.
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So (eds) The Hong Kong-Guangdong Link: Partnership in Flux, M. S. Sharpe, Armark, New York. Scott, I. (1996) 'Party Politics and Elections in Transitional Hong Kong', Asian Journal of Political Science, 4 (2), pp. 130--52. Tien, J. (1996) 'Patten's Wrong Call', Sunday Morning Post, 12 May. Wesley-Smith, P. (1994) Constitutional and Administrative Law in Hong Kong, 2nd edn, Longman, Hong Kong. Yeung, C. (1996) 'Listen to the People, Mr Tung', Sunday Morning Post, 17 November. Part I Public Opinion, Political Culture and Perceptions of Hong Kong's Institutions 2 Public Opinion on Hong Kong's Transition Michael E.
Again, in 1884, a massive dockyard strike and riot compelled government concessions. In 1898-9, open revolt and guerrilla warfare in the New Territories compelled the government to recognize village government, clan councils, and Qing dynasty rules. The fourth was the 1912-13 Tramway Boycott, in which the government suspended the common law, using inferred and joint responsibility, punishing whole blocks for boycotting the trams. The fifth was in 1920--22 when labour strikes paralyzed Hong Kong and the Chinese government intervened, settling the strikes after Hong Kong government concessions.
Patten, himself a politician, was rather better attuned to the realities of a burgeoning democratic movement and an anxious population. In the process of seeking to allay those concerns, however, he was to find himself in confrontation with the Chinese government and its business and conservative allies in Hong Kong. It is important to distinguish Patten's personal position from the difficulties which the British government faced at this time. Patten is a democrat who preferred to work within a representative system.
