3. THREE LESSER LEFT-WING NEWSPAPERS, CHING PO, CENTRE DAILY NEWS AND COMMERCIAL DAILY, ALSO PUBLISHED EDITORIALS SUGGESTING THAT J'S ASSURANCE SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGHT TO ALLAY ANY FEARS ON THE PART OF HONG KONG PEOPLE THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD BE TAMPERED WITH AFTER 1997. THE FRINGE LEFT-WING TIN FUNG YAT PO, IN ITS EDITORIAL SAND THAT THE WORKABILITY OF THE QUOTE ONE NATION TWO SYSTEMS UNQUOTE 10EA WAS DEMONSTRATED BECAUSE IT HAD EXISTED IN THE UNITED
STATES BEFORE THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR WITH THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM IN
THE NORTH AND THE SLAVERY SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH.
4. THE MING PAO AND HONG KONG DAILY NEWS (BOTH INDEPENDENT) ALSO PUBLISHED EDITORIAL SON JH'S REMARKS. THE MING PAO SAID SAID THAT, WHILST THE REMARKS WERE IN SOME WAYS REASSURING, MORE DETAILS WOULD BE NECESSARY BEFORE HONG KONG PEOPLE COULD DECIDE WHETHER THE
CHINESE PROPOSALS WERE FOR GENUINE SELF RULE. THE HONG KONG DAILY NEWS SPECULATED THAT THE CHINESE RAISED THE IDEA OF 50 YEARS OF CONTINUATY AT THE SIXTH ROUND OF TALKS. HT REGARDED THE IDEA AS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE EXPRESS (RIGHT-WING) SAID THAT WHILE JP'S REMARKS WERE SINCERE, THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT AFTER 14 YEARS GUARANTEES GIVEN BY PEOPLE WHO WOULD BY THEN BE DEAD WOULD
BE RESPECTED.
5. THE LEFT-WING AND HADEPENDENT PRESS ALL REPORTED PROMINENTLY REMARKS BY THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, QA HUAMYUAN, AT THE REGULAR WEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING IN PEKING. Q1: WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT SINC-BRITISH RELATIONS WERE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND THAT THERE WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF EXCHANGES IN ALL FIELDS. HIS REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT THERE HAD BEEN INFORMAL CONTACTS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WAS ALSO WIDELY REPORTED. THE WAH KUN YAT PO AND THE HONG KONG DAILY NEWS (30TH INDEPENDENT) QUOTED QUOTE SOURCES CLOSE TO CHINESE OFFICIPALS UNQUOTE AS SAYING THAT QB'S REMARKS SHOWED THAT THE SINO/BRITISH TALKS HAD ENTERED A MORE SUBSTANTIVE
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