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---FUTURE OF HKONG: PILGRIMS TO BEIJING
CHINAS INTENTION TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE WITH HKONG PEOPLE
IS BELIEVED TO HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERAL LOCAL GROUPS VISITING
BEIJING.SOME OBSERVERS NOTED THAT THERE WAS CONCERN THAT PLAYING UP
OF SUCH VISITS BY DELS OF HKONG PEOPLE AT THIS JUNCTURE MIGHT
COMPLICATE TALKS.NOT/NOT SURPRISINGLY URBAN COUNCILLORS WHO WERE
SCHEDULED TO VISIT BEIJING OVER XMAS FINALLY CANCELLED THEIR TRIP
WHICH WAS TO FOLLOW ONE OF HKONG AND MACAU BUSINESSMEN AND DISTRICT
BOARD MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS OF NEW TERRITORIES BOTH OF WHICH VISITED
CHINESE CAPITAL LAST MONTH. HOWEVER, THIS DID NOT/NOT DISSUADE
PROMINENT AND ACTIVE LOCAL GROUP QUOTE THE HONG KONG OBSERVERS
UNQUOTE TO REFLECT THEIR LATEST VIEWS ON HKONGS FUTURE TO CHINESE
LEADERS.
2.MEMBERS OF QUOTE HKONG OBSERVERS UNQUOTE ARE VISITING PEKIN THIS
WEEK AT INVITATION OF NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY. (FOR MORE BACKGROUND ON
THIS GROUP REF OURTEL XBGR0408 220CT82).GROUP LEFT ON MON 05DEC, TWO
DAYS BEFORE RESUMPTION OF NEXT ROUND OF SINO-BRIT TALKS ON 1997 IN
PEKIN.SEVEN-MEMBER GROUP HAS NOT/NOT BEEN TOLD WHAT OFFICIALS THEY
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