GRS 180
UNCLASSIFIED
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 087
OF 16074OZ JANUARY 96
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TOP C
VISIT OF LU PING TO HONG KONG: CHINESE PRESS COVERAGE
1.
COVERAGE OF THE VISIT OF LU PING AND THE BASIC LAW WORKING GROUP
SO FAR HAS BEEN MINIMAL.
2. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHINA DAILY OF 6 JANUARY REPORTED THE
ARRIVAL OF THE GROUP IN HONG KONG AND SAID THAT IT WAS MAKING
PREPARATIONS FOR THE SECOND MEETING OF THE BLOC IN APRIL.
3.
PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 10 JANUARY REPORTED ON PAGE 4 THE TWO
MEETINGS BETWEEN THE GROUP AND THE HONG KONG MEMBERS OF THE BASIC LAW
DRAFTING COMMITTEE. LU WAS REPORTED AS SAYING THAT THE WORKING
GROUP WAS IN HONG KONG TO LISTEN SINCERELY TO OPINIONS FROM ALL
TYPES OF HONG KONG PEOPLE. THIS REPORT WAS ALSO CARRIED IN THE
OVERSEAS EDITION OF PEOPLE'S DAILY ON 11 JANUARY.
4.
IN ADDITION, THE OVERSEAS EDITION OF PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 14
JANUARY CARRIED AN INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP,
PROFESSOR XIAO WEIYUN, A MEMBER OF THE BLDC AND PROFESSOR IN THE
FACULTY OF LAW AT PEKING UNIVERSITY. XIAO SPOKE OF THE WORK THAT
LAWYERS AND ACADEMICS ON THE MAINLAND ARE NOW UNDERTAKING TO STUDY
AND UNDERSTAND HONG KONG LAW. HE ALSO SAID THAT THERE
WAS A CLEAR BASIS FOR THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW IN THE PROVISION
OF ARTICLE 31 OF THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION, THE JOINT DECLARATION,
THE POLICY OF ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF
MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S STARILITY AND PROSPERITY.
5. COVERAGE OF THE VISIT IS LIEKELY TO REMAIN LOW.KEY. BUT WE WILL
KEEP AN EYE OPEN FOR FURTHER REPORTS.
EVANS
LIMITED
FED HKD
NEWS.D
INFO.D
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
HKK 027/+
20 JAN 1986
Y
-Ken
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