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NPC AND CPPCC: HONG KONG DELEGATES
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1. NCNA ON 11 JUNE REPORTED THE ENTHUSIASTIC REACTIONS OF HONG KONG DELEGATES TO ZHAO ZIYANG'S GOVERNMENT WORK REPORT. IN PARTICULAR THEY WERE SAID TO HAVE VOICED WARM SUPPORT'' ZHAO'S STATEMENT ON HONG KONG (MY TEL NO 523), AND TO HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT CHINA WOULD RECOVER ITS SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG. TONG PING-TAT SAID HONG KONG WAS PART OF CHINA'S TERRITORY AND IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT CHINA SHOULD RECOVER SOVEREIGNTY. CHEN HONG SAID 'WHILE THERE ARE INDEED MANY ECONOMIC PROBLEMS TO BE STUDIED IN RELATION TO THE MAINTENANCE OF PROSPERITY IN HONG KONG, THERE ARE ALSO MANY
FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS FOR ACHIEVING THIS PURPOSE.
2. ON 13 JUNE NCNA REPORTED REMARKS BY PERCY CHEN, A CPPCC DELEGATE FROM HONG KONG. CHEN WAS REPORTELY IMPRESSED BY ZHAO'S REMARKS ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAW AND BY THE PROGRESS CHINA HAS MADE IN LEGISLATION. HIS REMARKS WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY LINKED TO HONG KONG, BUT HIS IDENTITY AS A HONG KONG BARRISTER WAS MADE CLEAR. COMMENT
3. THESE REPORTS ARE UNEXCEPTIONAL. WE WONDER, HOWEVER,
IF PERCY CHEN'S REMARKS WERE PUBLISHED AS PART OF A RESPONSE
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TO HENRY LITTON RECENT ROTARY CLUB SPEECH ABOUT
THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF THE HONG KONG AND CHINESE LEGAL
SYSTEMS.
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