PRONORLAT PROFOREIGN EXPARKS PEKING HONGKONG FOUR PICKUP THE
REST PARA.
QUOTE DRITAIN REALLY HAS ONLY ONE ALTERNATIVE
TRADING ITS
QUESTIONAPLE SOVEREIGNTY TO TWO RITS OF LAND FOR THE REST DEAL IT
CAN MAKE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WHEN THEY COME UNDER CHINESE
RULE, UNQUOTE A SENIOR WESTERN DIPLOMAT SAID OF THE NEGOTIATIONS
TUESDAY. PARA
QUOTE MAINTENANCE OF THE STATUS QUN IS NOT LPT NOT AN OPTION,
THOUGH UNDOURTEDLY IT IS WHAT 90 RPT NINETY PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S
PEOPLE WOULD WANT, NOR RPT NOR IS INDEPENDANCE AN OPTION, THOUGH
THERE ARE MANY SMALLER AND MORE FRAGILL NEW STATES THAN HONG KONG
WOULD RE. UNQUOTE PARA
THIS ASSESSMENT IS NOW GENERALLY ACCEPT ED IN HONG KONG,
WHERE PUPLIC OPINION POLLS INDEED SHOWED AN OVERHWELMING
PREFERENCE FOR CONTINUAD DRITISH ADMINISTRATION AND WHERE THERE
HAD DEEN SOME CALLS FOR HONG KONG'S INDEPENDANCE OR PERHAPS
SOME SORT OF FEDERATED STATUS WITH CHINA AND TAIWAN.
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