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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO ROUTINE HKGO'S WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, BRUSSELS, GENEVA
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : PRESS COVERAGE # WEEKLY ROUNDUP.
Mr Bater
SUMMARY:
1. THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONTINUED TO DOMINATE THE
HEADLINES. LU PING'S REMARKS ON PARTY POLITICS AND THE FORTHCOMING
JLG MEETING WERE COVERED WITH INTEREST. THE MACAU TALKS ALSO
FEATURED.
NEWS COVERAGE:
2. BASIC LAW: BLDC DEPUTY SECRETARY LU PING HELD A MEET-THE-PRESS
SESSION IN SHENZHEN AT THE END OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP MEETING
ON THE SAR POLITICAL STRUCTURE. HE SAID HE PERSONALLY FELT IT WAS BETTER FOR HONG KONG NOT (NOT) TO PRACTISE PARTY POLITICS AS THIS WOULD COMPLICATE THE LOCAL SITUATION AND HONG KONG'S STABILITY COULD THUSE BE AFFECTED. HE WAS ALSO AGAINST A MINISTERIAL SYSTEM IN HONG
KONG AS SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD WIOLATE THE JOINT DECLARATHON. THE
AGREEMENT STATED THAT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS (EQUIVALENT TO THE
PRESENT SECRETARY RANK) WOULD NOT (NOT) BE ELECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
BUT BE NOMINATED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. MR. LU SAND THE TERM
**LOCAL #NHABITANTS' REFERRED TO THOSE WHO HELD A PERMANENT HONG
KONG #D CARD AND HAD THE RIGHT OF ABODE AN HONG KONG. THE MAJORITY
OF THESE WERE CHINESE, BUT FOREIGNERS WITH AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS'
RESIDENCE AND WITH HONG KONG AS THE MR PERMANENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE
WERE ALSO DEFINED AS 'LOCAL SENHABITANTS'. MARTIN LEE, BLDC MEMBER, DISAGREED THAT A MINISTERIAL SYSTEM WOULD BE AGAINST THE
JOINT DECLARATION. BLDC MEMBER SZETO WAH SAID EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE
THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS, BUT THAT MR. LU BEING THE
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE SHOULD
BE CAREFUL WITH HIS WORDS AS THEY COULD HAVE A DAMAGING EFFECT.
THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL REPORTED BLCC MEMBER MAK HOT-WAN AS SAYING
THAT UNDER LU PING'S DEFINITION OF LOCAL INHABITANTS''
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CHINA
WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND PEOPLE TO JOIN THE SAR LEGISLATURE. MARIA
TAM, MEMBER OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON THE SAR POLITICAL SYSTEM SAID SHE HOPED THAT THOSE WHO DRAFTED THE JOINT DECLARATION WOULD
*INTERPRET THE WORD ACCOUNATABLE USED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION
ARTICLE WHICH SAID THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE TO
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