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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING, UKMMS GENEVA #INFO ROUTINE HKGO'S WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, BRUSSELS, GENEVA
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : PRESS COVERAGE : WEEKLY ROUNDUP.
SUMMARY:
1. THE VISIT OF CCP GENERAL SECRETARY, HU YAOBANG, TO BRITAIN
DOMINATED THE PRESS ON THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. THE MEETING
OF THE JLG EXPERT SUB-GROUP IN PEKING RECEIVED MODERATE PRESS
#INTEREST. OTHER SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDED THE BASIC LAW AND THE
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE (AMENDMENT) BILL.
NEWS COVERAGE:
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2. HU YAOBANG: AT A DINNER HELD IN HONOUR OF MR. HU, MRS. THATCHER
STRESSED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR BRITAHIN AND CHINA TO MAHINTAHN
CLOSE THES IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO THE TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY
SUN 1997. THE SCMP (11/6) SAND MR. HU HAD PAID TRIBUTE TO MRS.
THATCHER FOR HER PART IN THE REACHING OF THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG. HE TOLD HER THAT HER TWO VISITS TO CHINA,
SHORT AS THEY WERE, LED TO A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN ON THE SETTLEMENT OF THE HONG KONG
QUESTHION WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT OVER FROM THE PAST. THE STANDARD
(13/6) REPORTED DEPUTY FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ZHOU NAN AS SAYING
AT A LONDON PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE JOINT DECLARATHON WAS ''ON
THE WHOLE BEING MMPLEMENTED SATISFACTORILY'', CHINA WAS DETERMINED
TO IMPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT TO THE LETTER, HE HAD EVERY REASON
TO BELIEVE IT WOULD BE FULLY EXECUTED, HE SAID. WEN WEN; PO
AND TA KUNG PAO (13/6) COMMENTED POSITIVELY ON HU YAOBANG'S VISHT
SAYING THE RESULTS ACHIEVED DURING THE VISIT WOULD HELP REMOVE
WORRIES ABOUT #INSTABILITY DURING THE TRANSITHON PERMOD HN HONG KONG
AND ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CHINA CHANGING HITS POLICY TOWARDS
HONG KONG,
3. JLG: MEMBERS OF THE JLG EXPERTS SUB-GROUP WOULD BE DISCUSSING
AVIATION AGREEMENTS, A SHIPPING REGISTER AND TRAVEL DOCUMENTS DURING THE SIX DAY MEETING IN PEKING (16-21 JUNE).
#IT WAS REPORTED TODAY THAT THE CHINESE TEAM WAS A LITTLE UNHAPPY
THAT HONG KONG HAD SIGNED A CHIMIL AVINATION AGREEMENT WITH THE
NETHERLANDS AS AN INDEPENDENT PARTY. SNG TAO THH PAO, TÚN TIN DAILY NEWS AND THE HONG KONG TIMES SAND THE CHINESE TEAM TOOK THE
VIEW THAT CIVIL AVIATION AGREEMENTS WERE CLOSELY RELATED TO
THE QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY AND COULD AFFECT CHINA'S INTERESTS.
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