RESTRICTED
TERRITORIES' FUTURE BUT ACCORDING TO THE HONG KONG STANDARD SOUGHT
TO REASSURE THEM THAT ''AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, THE PLACE WOULD HAVE ITS MARKET ECONOMY REMAINING UNCHANGED EVEN IF IT
IS TO BECOME A LINK IN THE CHINESE ECONOMY',
5. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE FOLLOW-UP OF THE RECENT
**WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE JOURNALISTS QUESTIONS (MY TELNO 258) A FEW NEWSPAPERS (WEN WI PO AND WAH KIU YAT PO) HAVE ECHOED A
CALL FOR ''MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF COMMON OBJECTIVES'' BY CHINA
AND THE UK. THE QUOTE CAME FROM A CNS COMMENTARY ON 3 JUNE WHICH
CALLED FOR CLOSER COOPERATION BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA IN THE
FIELDS OF INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. THE COMMENTARY
REFERRED TO FRIENDLY EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND CITED
VISITS BY THE ROYAL BALLET AND WATFORD FOOTBALL TEAM AS WELL AS
THE AWARD OF THE FIRST OIL EXPLORATION CONTRACT TO A CONSORTIUM
HEADED BY BRITISH PETROLEUM.
YOUDE
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)
FUTURE OF HONG KÒNG
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ED/EK D HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF ED/PUSD
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PS/ME. HURD
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