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ENDORSEMENT IN BN (0) PASSPORTS : PUBLICATION OF MEMORANDA : PRESS
COVERAGE.
THE PUBLICATION OF THE MEMORANDA ON TRAVEL DOCUMENTATION FOR
HONG KONG RESIDENTS AND RELATED MATTERS WAS THE TOP STORY ON THE TV
AND RADIO LAST NIGHT. IT WAS ALSO GIVEN MASSIVE COVERAGE BY BOTH
THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH PRESS TODAY (IN THE CASE OF THE LATTER THE
FRONT-PAGE STROY IN THE SCMP AND THE LEADING STORY IN AN INSIDE
PAGE OF THE STANDARD). SEVERAL PAPERS, INCLUDING WEN WEI PO, TA KUNG PO, TIN FUNG YAT PO, SING TAO JIH PAO, HK TIMES, MING PAO AND WAH KIU YAT PO, PUBLISHED FULL TEXTS OF BOTH MEMORANDA.
2. FACTUALLY, THE MAIN THEME WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW FORMS OF IDENTITY CARDS IN JULY 1987 WHICH WOULD BE VALID AFTER 1997. EDITORIALLY, THREE NEWSPAPERS, TA KUNG PO, SING PAO AND MING PAO, WELCOMED THE GOOD NEWS (AND THAT ON GATT) AS MANIFESTATIONS OF SATISFACTORY PROGRESS MADE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION. PREDICTABLY TA KUNG PO COMMENTED THAT THE CHINESE POSITION FULLY DEMONSTRATED CHINA'S READINESS TO MEET THE WISHES OF HONG KONG PEOPLE AND THEIR FLEXIBILITY IN HANDLING THE ISSUE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE.
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