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ཀུགགནམ་ལ
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
3.3.86 (cont'd)
6.3.86
Constitutional Reforms (72)
Statements by Government News Comments/Editorials
Officials
Statements/Comments
by others
(SASI Peter Tsao): The outcome of the March 6 Urbco/Regco elections would not be used as a directive for future Legco elections because Legco and Urbco/Regco elections were different
in nature.
Communist Papers
(Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao): Mr Xu Jiatun was referring to the comment on representative government and the Joint Declaration when he said he respect Sir S.Y. Chung's views and that respect did not mean recognition. Wen Wel asked people to study closely the text of the Joint Declaration to see if representative government was really an important part of the agreement.
(Knowledgeable sources
quoted by the Oriental Daily News): Whether China would recogni
nise the status of Umelco touched on the heart of the question of reforms in HK. Key members of Umelco wanted the development of
representative
government here to be based on the political structure after an elected element was