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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FROM PEKING 050832Z SEP 83
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 861 OF 5/9/83
REPEATED FOR INFO TO HONG KONG
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
6 SEP 1983
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REGISTRY
FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
CHINESE PRESS COVERAGE
1. PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 4 SEPTEMBER CARRIED AN NCNA
DESPATCH FROM HONG KONG REPORTING ON THE SEMINARS HELD
RECENTLY BY THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE
UNIONS, THE MOTOR WORKERS UNION, THE UNION OF WORKERS
*IN WESTERN STYLE EMPLOYMENT AND THE SEAMENS UNION, TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
2. THE DESPATCH SAND THAT THE SEMINARS HAD OPPOSED THE DEA THAT
SOVEREIGNTY (ZHUQUAN) COULD BE EXCHANGED FOR
ADMINISTRATION (ZHIQUAN). THE TWO WERE INSEPEARABLE.
DELEGATES WERE QUOTED AS SAYING THAT
WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION THE RECEOVERY OF SOVEREIGNTY WAS JUST EMPTY WORDS. SEPEARATION OF SOVEREIGNTY AND ADMINISTRATION IMPLIED AN
EXTENSION OF BRITISH COLONIAL RULE WHICH WAS INTOLERABLE TO
THE CHINESE PEOPLE AND TO WHICH HONG KONG WORKERS WERE ALSO
UNABLE TO AGREE.
3. DELEGATES HAD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENTS
POLICY DEICISIONS:
(A) TO RECOVER SOVEREIGNTY:
(B) TO SET UP AN SAZ,
(C) TO ALLOW HONG KONG PEOPLE TO RUN HONG KONG:
(D) TO LEAVE THE SYSTEMS UNCHANGED:
WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF 'SEEKING TRUTH FROM
FACTS'' AND WITH THE WISHES OF HONG KONG WORKERS.
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SINCE THE FOUNDING OF NEW CHINA, HONG KONG WORKERS HAD LONGED TO RETURN TO THE EMBRACE OF THE MOTHERLAND.
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