1993_11 The Daily Collegian November 1993

              . 2—Op/Ed
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ullje 23artp Collegian
Wednesday, Nov. 3,1993
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Hong Kong in no
danger of China's
Communist ways
By Mark Bechara
staff columnist
Hong Kong. By far the most
beautiful and spectacular city in
the world. From Aberdeen, across
the harbor tun¬
nel to Kowloon,
all the way out
to the New Ter¬
ritories, Hong
Kong's un¬
matched
charmed out¬
shines the
world. But, in
1997, a lol is
going to
change. The
question m how
much, and how   _^	
quickly. "
Being born in Hong Kong and
licing therealmost half my life, I
empathize with all the 6 million,
people who call Hong Kong home.
In 1984, my family moved to live
here, in the United States. Like
many of the people who feared the
inevitable rule of the Chinese gov¬
ernment. This fear stayed with me
for most of my life until I began to
analyze what was giong on, and
make light of the real situation,
past all ofthe panic.
' As most of us know, China is a
communist country. It is a direct
contrast to everything Hong Kong ,
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stands for: capitalism, freedom,
and unhindered trade. Of course
the first emotion is to panic when
one system (Communism)is going
to take over a currentsystem (Capi¬
talism). But the fear should not be
as tar ranging as it is.
In the past
_ ....... _    few yeajs Q,jna
Hong Kong made **¥***?*
0 *""* under some in-
billions, if not
trillions of dol¬
lars for the
United Kingdom,
it will only do the
same for China,
under some in¬
tense economic
changes. The
.people are being
exposed to the
western lifestyle,-
and the govern¬
ment is urging
them to make a
change (but not
too fast). China
 won't transform
Hong Kong,
Hong Kong-will transform China.
Although they are communists, they
are not stupid. Hong Kong made
billions, if not trillions of dollars,
for the United Kingdom, it will
only do the same for China. Why
would China want to uproot a sys¬
tem that will make more money for
them than any of theircurrent cities
combined. "One country, two sys¬
tems"- this is exactly how it is go¬
ing lobe. China will not drastically
change Hong Kong, for the sheer
fact that Hong Kong makes too
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Letter ^^: . ,.,^„.
Writer explains ASI issues
Please see H.K. page 3
Dear Miss Bassoni and all
other uninformed students of
CSUftesno.
I would like to address a small
segment of the plenitude of questions
and misnomers in the various letters to
the editor. I would first like to correct
Miss Bassoni on stating that Sen.
Borges should do what heispaidtodo,
whereas in reality, along with other
reality senators are doing much more.
This is based on the facts that 1) sena¬
tors are not paid to hold office, 2) there
was a reason the agenda was voted
down on the meeting of Oct. 28, and 3)
AVP Licea and LVP Driussi receivea
check or *'scholarship'*Hfoi''$350 a
month and, last but certainly not least,
4) President Green receives a check or
"scholarship'' for $400 a month (hint,
hint, boys and girls tfdt cover tuition
and books).
The question has arose., thanks to
the ineptness of Daily Collegian re¬
porter (Douglas) Stolhand's why the
last agenda was voted down. Our own
esteemed president Green issued a
faulty executive order to install a sena¬
tor that, according to the bylaws that
some senators pay attention to, was not
supposed to be on the senate or other
such activities.   Now, accrding to
Robert's Rules of Order (It has a red
cover Steve, Giovana, and Stacey) if a
Please see ASI, page 4
Correction
In Friday 'sedition ofTtte Daily
College, a story on fee increases
for graduate students misidentified
the date that the fee increase will
be implemented. Trie tee increase
will be in ipfci ne nted for the fen
1994 semester. The Daily Colle¬
gian regrets the error.
Americans blind to injustices
DearEditor,
The attention of the media is
totally focused on Bosnia. How¬
ever, there are events which have
occurred and are occurring in the
southern part of Africa which are
every bit as bad, if not worse, than
those occurring in Bosnia.
The death toll in Angola and
Mozambique is estimated at be-
* tween one and two million people-
much greater than the death toll in
Bosnia. There has been torture,'
mutilations, and gross human rights
and violations in both countries,
why, then, don't we see heart ren¬
dering scenes on TV every night
from Angola, and Mozambique as
we do form Bosnia?
Is it because these people are
black? Is it because the United
States government and the CIA
played a major role in the carnage
and destruction in both countries?
The United States financed
 m	
Please see Africa, page 4
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