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''EFFORTS MUST BE MADE TO STRENGTHEN TIES AND UNITY
WITH THE COMPATRIOTS IN HONG KONG AND MACOA, AND
ENCOURAGE THEM TO MAKE CONTRIBUTION TO BUILDING AND
REUNIFYING THE MOTHERLAND.'!
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THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE CPPCC NORMALLY MEETS AT THE
SAME TIME AS THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (THE PARLIAMENTARY
BODY). IT DID SO DURING THE LAST NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
(NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1982). DENG XIAOPING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
CPPCC PRESIDED OVER THE OPENING SESSION AND DELIVERED A SPEECH
EMPHASISING THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITED FRONT WORK AND REUNIFICATION.
LIKE THE NATIONLA PEOPLE'S CONGRESS THE CPPCC NATIONAL
COMMITTEE HAS SOME HONG KONG RESIDENTS AMONG ITS MEMBERS.
15. DURING THE LAST SESSION OF THE CPPCC NATIONAL COMMITTEE A
CHINA NEWS AGENCY REPORT REFERRED TO THE HONG KONG-MACAO GROUP
OF THE CPPCC'': THIS HELD A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE RECOVERY OF
HONG KONG IN THE LIGHT OF ARTICLE 31 OF THE CONSTITUTION, THEN
STILL IN DRAFT. AMONG THE PERSONS WHO SPOKE AT THIS MEETING
WERE LI ZISONG (LEE TSZ-CHUNG IN CANTONESE), PUBLISHER OF THE HONG KONG WEN WEI PO, AND HUO YINGDONG, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HENRY FOK (BOTH OF WHOM ARE MEMBERS OF THE CPPCC). IT WOULD BE
NATURAL FOR A SIMILAR CPPCC MEETING TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE
NEXT NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE HELD
ABOUT JUNE THIS YEAR.''
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