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PEOPLE AND TO THE SUPPORT RECEIVED FROM CHINA, BUT BRITAIN HAD PROVIDED THE BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK IN WHICH IT HAD BEEN ABLE TO GROW AND PROSPER, ABOVE ALL, BRITAIN HAD ENSURED THE BASIC FREEDOMS ESSENTIAL TO HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT, THE EDITORIAL ALSO SAID THAT UNDER CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ENSURE THAT CHINESE POLITICS WOULD NOT AFFECT HONG
KONG.
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3. THE COMMUNIST TA KUNG PAO PUBLISHED AN EDITORIAL ON 13 JANUARY ATTACKING REMARKS MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, AT THE ANNUAL URBAN COUNCIL DEBATE, ALTHOUGH CHEONG-LEEN WAS NOT MENTIONED BY NAME. CHEONG-LEEN HAD CALLED FOR A CONTINUATION OF THE PRESENT THREE-LEGGED TABLE' ARRANGEMENTS FOR 30-50 YEARS. THE TA KUNG PAO SAID THAT SUCH AN IDEA WOULD AMOUNT TO ALLOWING BRITISH ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE AND THAT IT IMPLIED DISAPPROVAL OF CHINA'S PLAN TO REGAIN SOVEREIGNTY OVER
HONG KONG
4. THE WEN WEI PO PUBLISHED AN EDITORIAL ON 13 JANUARY ATTACKING THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE FALKLANDS ON SIMILAR LINES TO THE NEW EVENING POST EDITORIAL OF 6 JANUARY REPORTED IN MY TELNO 35. THE EDITORIAL SAID THAT THE WORLD WAS MOVING TOWARDS DECOLONISATION AND PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTES. IT WOULD BE WISER TO FOLLOW THIS TREND THAN TO DWELL ON PAST GLORIES OF THE IMPERIALIST ERA. IF THE PRIME MINISTER STUBBORNLY PERSISTED IN A HAWKISH STAND ON THIS ISSUE, SHE WOULD MEET A SOLID WALL OF OPPOSITION.
A: DPA
D: HE,CS,PA,SA,S(GD), PAS(HA)L,PS/GH, SEC.LIC,APA
Jep
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RATED