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Show Tbarsday, November 22, r 3 c 3CJl:i"j) CJ ty tr.l3i v I 1 ri L U i er5re ia Cr "1 and lea fc pcL2cal party. Eeri CLj Ca Vj caoo tlrjt Ce t Lj tanr. Ljk3J yw i f.2t Ci 9 Ortt Cix to tokened Ca pcpJe cf Ul fats cotaqr that whst family wont happen to them when Beijing takes over to 1397. "Times have changed," said Kwok, 51 "We cant let history weigh us down." - Tell that to Jimmy McGregor. d la 1967, the Scot, then a top colonial official, braved naQ bombs and death threats to help quell Communist inspired riots in which scores cf people were after 1997 Ccziacrtr Car r frtsa to long as they can maintain Hong Kong's economic might A per capita annual gross national product of $9,236 gives the 5.7 million people on this coDectkm of rocks the second highest living standard in Asia after Japan. "You cant avoid China," Kwok said. "It has to have a say." To men like McGregor, the economy of Hang Kong rests on its hard-heade- -- liberties. Restrict the free exchange of ideas, tamper with the independent judicial system and the economy will tremble, they say. Debate win accelerate as 1997 killed. Today, McGregor leads a party That demands more democracy in Hong Kong and greater protection from China. . Tv sees what the Commnnists can da, the lawyer said. They ha vent changed a approaches. First under the microscope will be China's promise, in a 19M trea bit" O U to camtain the Btyj yyfaj ytsrs and allow u2 a for t7-r- 3 tar rtcrrrjCt xaena Ir. rtrrto.crura o swept Ess an of a T-C- C1 : 5uDiimiiLainiEotiO CaeH. China will try election, in 3 parties rit rtical thance at seats fcrra V'.'am of fce O seats wffl be died by direct vote. The other members will be chosen as all the seats were in the past either by government appointment or through elections by special interest groups, such as teachers and businessmen. China-watchi- ng Contemporary magazine recently reported mat Beijing will donate about 150,060 to candidates. Zhou Nan, China's highest-rankin- g representative in Hong Kong, has said it will give "moral support" to friends. Zhou expressed support for Kwok's party to September and encouraged cooperation among the pro-Chi- na numerous pro-Chi- business and labor resulted. Kwok and Ms patty cwnanted ties with the Baej Kong Federation of Trade Ucians, which insti- proOg gated the ltS7 riots McGregor helped crash. "You'd be surprised about what we have to common with those towhwMS men," said Leung Hon Hoi, a trad anion boss. "For one, we are both very patriotic" McGregor views such alliances with great suspicion. He likens trusting the Communists to Hong Kong to trusting "an untrained mechanic with a Rokx watch." His party, the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation, wants to insulate the territory from Chinese toSnenct. It says more legislative seats should be elected by direct vote and laws should be passed to guarantee basic liberties. Hong Kong. An unusual alliance un- derstands only coefroniaUorL Daring the 19$? crisis, McGregor, then an official to the Department of Commerce and Industry, violated protocol by dosing the territo- groups in na ;: In McGregor's view, China between schools. ry's THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 1980 rcccldcnio of Hong Kono cpcuiottc cboirt poliUcc - HONG KONG (AP) While Hong Kong's potSirians argue boat the future, cioat people in interest in Kong take lle The educated cad well-of- f are worried about getting out or getting rich. Laborers and clerks are too busy working seven days week, trying to squeak by. A government tion drive highlighted the apathy many people feel about the British colony's fate after it is returned to China ia 1987. More than $709,0(3 was spent on the voter, registration campaign, to pay for television ads, a poker campaign and area a rock concert. The government hag held registration drives before, but this was by far the tration deadline by one month to Nov. 1. The number registering totaled 225,030, bringing to just over 1.8 million the number of people registered, less than half the territory's 3.7 million eligible voters. Registering to vote pales before Hong Kong's burning issues: emigration and whether lottery tickets should be sold to supermarkets. ''Becoming a voter? I dont ; even know whether I'm qualified,' said Lam Cho-fa- i, a university graduate. A voter has to be 21 years old 'and a resident of the territory for seven years. "I cant see the point in becoming a voter," said Danny television Yam, a producer. "It wont make any biggest Response was so low that the government extended the regis Especially during the holidays, no one does more to ensure your shopping satisfaction dian ZCMI! 7- - 13j OUR PRICING POLICY vc will match any local thecurrentadvertisedprieeof i'onin"titor on the same merchandise. 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