ABSTRACT
While there is more desire on the part of the majority of people to attain similar wealth and status to the rich than to see them lose their position, there are certain people who disapprove of the financial basis of power in .the community. They believe that if greater use were made of election processes, this would help bring forward individuals, whose qualifications for leadership were superior, to help the government in running the Colony. Others argue that in the immigrant society ofHong Kong, which includes numbers of people who do not think of the Colony as their permanent home, it is the wealthy who stand out as having the greatest stake in the community. While maximization of gain continues to be the guide to action of the majority, a poor man in a position of power, it is said, is more likely to be tempted to use such position to improve his fortUnes at the expense of the community's interest. We cannot, however, discuss further the validity of such arguments here.
