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VISIT BY HU YAOBANG : PRESS REPORTS.
YOU WILL WISH TO BE AWARE OF A CURIOUS REPORT CARRIED ON
THE FRONT PAGE OF TODAY'S HONG KONG STANDARD, WRITTEN BY SHEILA DAWES IN LONDON. IN AN OTHERWISE UNSURPRISING REPORT ABOUT THE
PROGRAMME FOR HU'S VISIT, THE REPORT, WHICH IS HEADLINED **BEIJING PLANT TO EXTEND OUR BORDERS'', THE REPORT SAYS THAT CHINESE LONG-
TERM PLANS TO WIDEN HONG KONG'S PORDERS AND DEVELOP A MAJOR
MANUFACTURING AREA'' MAY BE DISCUSSED IN LONDON NEXT WEEK BETWEEN
HU AND THE PRIME MINISTER. THE STORY IS SOURCED TO LEADING BRITISH BUSINESSMEN WHO VISIT CHINA REGULARLY AND SAY THAT
CHINA S KEEN ON 'EXTENDING HONG KONG'S TERRITORY''. THE BUSINESSMEN
BELIEVE THAT THIS ELEMENT COULD BE INTRODUCED INTO TALKS WITH BRITISH MINISTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE REPORT SAYS. THE REPORT
QUOTES MR. JACK PERRY, CHAIRMAN OF THE LONDON EXPORT COPPORATION AND A VISITING PROFESSOR AT PEKING UNIVERSITY, AS SAYING "CHINA
WANTS TO DEVELOP A MAJOR NEW MANUFACTURING AREA''.
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COMMENT:
WE HAVE NO LIGHT TO SHED ON THIS REPORT FROM HERE.
3. THE REPORT ALSO SAYS THAT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER,
HU M'S EXPECTED TO REITERATE THE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS''
POLICY FOR HONG KONG AND TO OUTLINE THE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
WORK STILL NEEDED FOR THE FORMULATION OF THE BASIC LAW.
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