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PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND THE DIFFERING VIEWS EXPRESSED''
GUIDED BY THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN PERSONALLY, SAID KE, HE DID NOT SEE ALL DIRECT OR ALL INDIRECT, BUT A PROPORTION'' (BALANCE). ABOVE ALL STABILITY MUST NOT BE AFFECTED AND THEREFORE NO DRASTIC ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN THAT WOULD AFFECT THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW.
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F) ECONOMY: (IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION WHETHER THERE WAS ANY WAY IN
WHICH UK COULD HELP ENSURE THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION'').
KE EMPHASISED HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE TO CHINA. THE INTENTION TO KEEP THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM IN HONG KONG MUST BE SEEN NOT ONLY AS PART OF THE ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS CONCEPT BUT AGAINST CHINA'S LONG TERM OPEN-DOOR POLICY. SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE JOINT
DECLARATION CHINA-HONG KONG TRADE HAD INCREASED. BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION OF CONFIDENCE AND EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DONE TO ENCOURAGE A CONTINUATION OF THE INTERFLOW OF CAPITAL AND EXPERTISE''. HE MADE SOME VAGUE REFERENCE TO THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY TO FORMULATE A LONG TERM PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY **
G) DAYA BAY (IN RESPONSE TO SOLYE)
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KE SAID IT WAS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED. THERE HAD NOT BEEN TIME TO GIVE DETAILS OF THE PLAN TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG BUT THIS WOULD HAPPEN. HE FELT THE UMELCO VISITS WOULD
HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND MORE AND SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD SOME OF THEM
WOULD BE COMING TO CHINA WHERE THEY WOULD BE ASSURED OF THE EMPHASIS
PLACED ON SAFETY AT DAYA BAY. THE TWO GOVERNMENTS SHOULD COOPERATE
TO ALLAY THE ANXIETIES OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
H) SAR REPRESENTATION IN PEKING:
THIS WAS RAISED BY SOLEY WHO SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS WITH MR HEALEY. KE DID NOT RESPOND.
2. THE MFA HAVE JUST TELEPHONED TO POINT OUT THAT THE INTERVIEW
WITH MR SOELY WAS ON A PERSONAL BASIS AND ASKED THE MR KE'S
REMARSK SHOULD NOT BE QUOTED.
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