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TELNO 2106
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PRESS COVERAGE : TALKS ON MACAU
FURTHER TO PARA ↳ OF MY TELNO 2063.
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1. COVERAGE OF THE FIRST ROUND OF THE SINO-PORTUGUESE TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF MACAU HELD IN PEKING ON 30 JUNE AND 1 JULY WAS
EXTENSIVE ESPECIALLY #WN THE LEFT-WING PRESS.
THE TALKS WERE OPENED WITH LEADER OF THE CHINESE TEAM ZHOU NAN
QUOTING FROM A TANG DYNASTY COUPLET "THE TIDES OUT, THE RIVER CALM THE WIND IS DOWN. WE RIDE ALONG IN THE SAME BOAT, ENDURING
THE SAME FORTUNES'
ANALYSTS SAND THIS REFLECTED CHINA'S VIEW THAT THE TWO
COUNTRIES HAD A SHARED INTEREST IN PRESERVING STABILITY IN MACAU.
NO STATEMENT WAS MADE AFTER THE FOUR HOUR MEETING ON THE FIRST DAY,
BUT THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE MEETING WAS DESCRIBED AS VERY NICE.
A JOINT COMMUNIQUE WAS ISSUED AFTER THE TWO HOUR MEETING ON THE
SECOND DAY SAYING THAT THE TWO-DAY TALKS WERE CONDUCTED IN A
FRIENDLY AND CORDIPAL ATMOSPHERE. THE TWO SIDES HAD REACHED AN
AGREEMENT ON THE GENERAL AGENDA FOR THE TALKS, THE STATEMENT SAND.
WEWS ON SOME MATTERS OF SUBSTANCE HAD ALSO BEEN EXCHANGED. THE
SECOND ROUND OF TALKS WOULD BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER *N PEKING.
ACCORDING TO THE MING PAO, PORTUGUESE SOURCES HAD INDICATED THAT
THEY WOULD PROPOSE TO THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT THAT A SPECIAL
WORKING GROUP TO STUDY MACAU AFFHARS BE SET UP. THE ORIENTAL DAILY
NEWS, QUOTED A MACAU INFORMATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN AS SAYING THAT THE PORTUGUESE TEAM HAD DECIDED TO NOMINATE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS
(YET TO BE DECADED) TO BE STATIONED IN MACAU TO COLLECT VIEWS ON
MACAU'S FUTURE..
WEN WER PO REPORTING FROM PEKING SAID THERE WERE THREE POSSIBLE
REASONS WHY THE SECOND ROUND OF TALKS WOULD BE HELD AFTER A DELAY
OF TWO MONTHS.
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