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FN HONG KONG 0012202 MAY 93
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 642 OF 9 MAY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
FUTURE OF HONG KONG PRESS COMMENT: CPPCC
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THE LOCAL COMMUNIST PRESS OF 9 MAY GAVE EXTENSIVE DETAILS OF
HONG KONG AND MACAU PEOPLE ELECTED TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF
THE CHINESE PEOPLES' POLITICAL AND CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE (CPPCC), WHICH WILL NEET ON 5 JUNE, THREDIATELY BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE STH MPC. DALY THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST (SCMP) OF THE
NON-COMMUNIST PRESS HAS SO FAR PICKED UP THE STORY, CONCENTRATING ON THE TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF LEGCO, T.K. ANN AND K.S. LO, OF WHOM THE FORMER WAS A MEMBER OF EXCO FROM 1974-79, WHO ARE AMONG THOSE ELECTED. THE LICT INCLUDES A MAJORITY OF COMMUNIST SYMPATHISERO AND METSERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNIST HIERARCHY, BUT THERE ARE SOME NOTABLE ADDITIONS FROM THE NON-COMMUNIST WORLD. IN ADDITION TO THE TWO EX-MEMBERS OF LESCO, KENNETH FUNG (SON OF SIR KENNETH FUNG PING-FAR), GORDON WU (CHAIRMAN HOPEWELL NOLITHGS LT.), PROFECGUP NA HENG, FORMERLY PROFEOSOR OF CHINESE AT HOKE KONG UNIVERSITY, DEACUR CITU (CHAIRMAN FAR EAST GROUP AND ASIAN 7.1.), HO SAI-CHU (CHAIRMAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND PRESIDENT BUILDING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION), AND CHUK WOON-FAT, PUBLISHER
WIDE ANGLE MAGAZINE ARE ALSO LISTED. THE LICT INCLUDES
WA NANES IN THE CATEGORY OF HONG KONG AND MACAU REPRESENTATIVES AND ANOTHER 5 PEUPLE WITH HONG KUNG ASSOCIATIONS WHO ARE MCLUDED UNDER OTHER CATECURIES OF MEMBERSHIP (E.C. TRADE UNIORS
AND SPECIAL BIVITATIONS).
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2. THE WEN WEI PO ON 9 BAY PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS WITH T.K. AN, MA HENG, NE DUR-TAL (A PROVINENT FIGURE FROM YAU MA TEI) AND CHUK WOOL-TAL. T.K. ANK IS REPORTED AS HAVING SAID THAT HE WOULD DU RIG DEST TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLOSER LINKS BETWEEN HOLS ROAD AND CANA IN COMERCIAL, ECUNUNIC AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. HE
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