GRS 1700
RESTRICTED
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1520
OF 20073OZ APRIL 87
RESTRICTED
AND TO DESK BY 20120OZ BANGKOK
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
གསསརམས་པ
HAB 0113
*
22 APR 1987
CER
FOP COP DIST 7
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NISTRY
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PART ONE OF THREE
BANGKOK FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY
J&
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED: BLDC PLENUM IV (13 17 APRIL IN PEKING) : PRESS REPORT
SUMMARY
THE FOURTH BLDC PLENUM WAS HELD ON 13 17 APRIL IN PEKING (A)
TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT ARTICLES PUT FORWARD BY THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUPS ON CPG/SAR RELATIONSHIP AND ON RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING THE PREAMBLE, AND CHAPTERS I, II, III, VII AND IX OF THE BL: AND (B) TO FINALISE THE METHOD OF INVITING, COLLECTING AND ADJUDICATING DESIGNS OF THE SAR'S FLAG AND EMBLEM. THE BLOC MEMBERS WERE SPLIT INTO THREE SUB-GROUPS FOR DISCUSSION. CHINESE MEMBERS FEI XIAOTONG AND HU SHENG AND HK MEMBER MAO JUNNIAN WERE ABSENT FROM THE MEETING. DENG XIAOPING MET BLDC MEMBERS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 16 APRIL. HE SPOKE, INTER ALIA, ON DIRECT ELECTIONS IN HK, AND ON THE RELATION- SHIP BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE HK SAR. (SEE SEPARATE REPORT ON DENG'S SPEECH AND THE PRESS REACTION.)
PRESS REPORT
(A) PRINCIPLES FOR THE DRAFTING OF THE BL
2. T.K. ANN SAID THAT THE BL WOULD ONLY COME INTO EFFECT IN 1997. SINCE IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO FORETELL THE SITUATION BEYOND 1997, THE PROVISIONS IN THE BL NEED NOT BE TOO DETAILED. HE ADDED THAT THE TWO MAIN QUESTIONS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE BLDC MEMBERS WERE: (1) HOW TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE TWIN CONCEPTS OF ONE COUNTRY'' AND ''TWO SYSTEMS'': AND (11) HOW TO FULLY TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE VIEWS OF THE HK PEOPLE. HE TOOK THE VIEW THAT GREAT CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSHRINE THE CONCEPT OF 'TWO SYSTEMS IN THE BL, AND THAT IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE MISGIVINGS OF HK PEOPLE, MEMBERS SHOULD TRY TO CONSIDER THE DRAFT ARTICLES FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF HK PEOPLE.
3. RAYMOND WU SAID THAT DRAFT ARTICLES FOR INCLUSION IN THE BL SHOULD BE CHECKED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
(1)
WHETHER THEY WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE JD AND ITS SPIRIT?
RESTRICTED
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