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INFO PRIORITY PEKING
MY TELNO 976 PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: HONG KONG PRESS
NCNA HAVE NOW RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE MFA IN PEKING FOR THE LIST OF APPLICANTS THEY SUBMITTED. THERE ARE 24 NAMES IN ALL INCLUDING ONE JOURNALIST FROM EACH OF 16 NEWSPAPERS. THE TWO MAIN ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS (THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST AND THE HONG KONG STANDARD) ARE INCLUDED AS WELL AS THE MORE INFLUENTIAL CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS LIKE MING BAO, WAH KIU YAT PO, SING TAO YAT PO AND THE FINANCIAL DAILY. THE THREE COMMUNIST NEWSPAPERS, WEN HUI BAO, DA GONG BAO AND NEW EVENING POST ARE ALL REPRESENTED. THE TWO T.V. STATIONS (TVB AND RTV) EACH HAVE A CREW OF THREE AND THERE IS ONE REPORTER EACH FROM RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND COMMERCIAL RADIO. (FULL LIST FOLLOWS BY BAG)
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