ALL
OMATIUNO WERE CANCELLECD DUE TO THE DEATH OF MAO
SE UNG
ON THE OTHER HAND, HERE IS A POLITICAL UNDERSTANDING CONCERNING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STATUS QUO OF HONG KONG AND MACAUT AND THAT IS TO RESPECT THE CHINESE INTENTIONS AND INTERESTS,
AN ASSOCIATED PRESS DESPATCH IN JULY REPORTED THAT CHAIRMAN HUA KUO-FENG QUIETLY LET THE BRITISH KNOW THAT HE WAS SATISFIED
*ITH THE PRESENT CONDITION OF HONG KONG, AND ALSO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN HONG KONGIS REAL ESTATE WOULD
BE SAFE
MEANWHILE, THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, ALWAYS RETICENT
TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FUTHER OF HONG KONG, SAID THAT "BRITISH-ON- Chinese RELATIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN AS GOOD AS THEY ARE TODAY,"
ASSUMING THIS IS CORRECT; ONE CAN FORECAST THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND
D
MACAU BEFORE THEIR STATUS QUO IS CHANGED, EVEN IF IT IS INCORRECT, WE CAN CONCLUDE ON THE BASIS OF THE IMMEDIATE FACTS; THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE AUTHORITIES IN PEKING;
IT IS BELIEVED THAT SO LONG AS THE HONG KONG
AUTHORITIES ADHERE TO TWO POINTS, STOP PING SOVIET INFILTRATION AND RESTRAINING THE CHIANG GANGIS ACTIVITIES, THEN BRITISH RULE IN HONG KONG WILL BE MAINTAINED WITH RELATIVE STABILITY FOR A FAIRLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME:
AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF LI CHIANG'S ARTICLE, ONE NEWSPAPER IN HONG KONG
CORRIED AN EDITORIAL ENTITLED "THE FUTURE OF HONGKONG
S DECIDED BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,"
THIS EDITORIAL IS RIGHT IV SOME OF ITS VIEWS, BUT IT IS
ROSSLY WRONG IS SAYING THAT THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG IS TO BE DECIDED
Y ITS CITIZENS,
SINCE HONG KONG IS CHINA'S TERRITORY; ITS FATE SHOULD BE IN
HE HANDS OF THE 800 MILLION PEOPLE INCLUDING THE COMPATRIOTS OF ONG KONG AND MACAU CAN THE FATE OF MANCHESTER b* DECIDED
BY THE RESIDENTS OF MANCHESTER AND NOT BY THE BRITISH PEOPLU