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DATE:
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Secretary of State will wish to be aware of a
1.
The
unwelcome
new
development on
representative government in Hong Kong.
2.
the
festet
question
of
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On 20 November Hong Kong informed following day the Director of the NCNA in Hong Kong, Mr Xu Jiatun, would be holding his first formal press conference We asked Hong 1983. since he came to the territory in Kong to speak to the NCNA in advance and urge that Mr Xu
make
comments inflammatory
on
the
of question The Political Adviser did this
no
representative government.
on the evening of 20 November.
ho
3. Mr Xu failed to heed this advice.
he
said
at
the
conference press
and
this could
While much of what
was conventional,
he
not
A commented at the end that
that "in certain respects there was already a tendency to deviate from the principles of the He Joint Declaration,
be ignored". declined to elaborate on this but the Hong Kong press knew that he was referring to the development of representative government and the press headlines today reflect this.
one other unfortunate
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made
contrary
remark,
Xu
which is itself
the terms of the Joint Declaration, when he
said that it was
to
too early to say which system would be
suited to Hong Kong,
best
elections
or
consultation.
elections, direct
indirect
The
Joint Declaration makes
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