Befolkningen nærede den illusion, at dette for Hongkong ville betyde, at der i modsætning til i resten af Kina kunne eksistere et parlamentarisk demokrati på grundlag af almindelig valgret og et flerpartisystem. ###>People laboured under the illusion that, for Hong Kong, this would mean that, unlike in the rest of China, a parliamentary democracy on the basis of universal suffrage and a multi-party system could exist.