CONFIDENTIAL
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THY
03 FEB 1986
GRS 200 CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 352
OF 01034OZ FEBRUARY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
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: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
FURTHER TO MY TELNO 337, WEN WE PAO TODAY CARRIED A STATEMENT
BY LU PING DENYING THAT HE HAD SAID THAT THE SAR LEGISLATURE MAY
DISMISS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
2. LU'S STATEMENT READS:
QUOTE THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION CLEARLY PROVIDES THAT
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE FUTURE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. NATUARALLY
(THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE) CANNOT BE DISMISSED SOLELY BY THE
AGREEMENT OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE LEGISLATURE. END QUOTE.
3. WE WEN PAO ALSO CARRIED A DENIAL BY DR. CHIE HIN-KWONG OF
SOME NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE COULD BE DISMISSED
BY HONG KONG EPOPLE IF THEY WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH HIM. HE SAID
THAT HE HAD MERELY DISCUSSED WITH LU PING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER
THE LEGISLATURE, WITH THE AGREEMENT OF TWO-THIRDS OF ITS MEMBERS,
COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO DISMISS
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
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COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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