5. DENG LANKED THIS PROMISE TO CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT OBJECT:INES FOR
THE END OF THE CENTURY. HE SAND BY THEN CHINA'S PER CAPHITA GNP WOULD
REACH 800 TO 1000 US DOLLARS. AFTER ANOTHER 50 YEARS THIS WOULD TOP
4000 US DOLLARS. HE SAND 'WHEN OUR POLICIES PROVE EFFECHIVE ON THE EARLY HALF OF THE NEXT CENTURY AND THE ENVISAGED IS REALIZED, THERE WILL BE LESS NEED TO CHANGE''. HE WAS CONVINCED THAT CHINA'S FUTURE
LEADERS WOULD UNDERSTAND THIS POINT.
6. DENG SAND THAT IN FUTURE HONG KONG WOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY HONG
KONG PEOPLE, BUT SOME POWERS OF THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES OVER HONG KONG WOULD BE BENIFICIAL RATHER THAN HARMFUL. THE BL SHOULD NOT BE
TOO DETAILED. THE SAR SYSTEM SHOULD NOT COMPLETELY COPY WESTERN
SYSTEMS.
7. ON ELECT MONS, DENG SAND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE WHO WOULD ADMINISTER HONG KONG WERE TO BE PATRIOTIC AND TO LOVE HONG KONG.
GENERAL (SNC) ELECTIONS DID NOT NECESSARILY ENSURE THAT THOSE ELECTED MET THOS REQUIREMENTS. HE DESCRIBED THE NEW GOVERNOR'S RECENT REMARKS ABOUT PROCEEDING STEP BY STEP AS ''RATHER
REALISTIC**. ALL COUNTRIES AND REGIONS SHOULD DECADE THEIR SYSTEMS ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN CHARATERISTICS,
8. ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SAR AND CPG, DENG WAS QUOTED AS SPEAKING AS FOLLOWS: ''DON'T THINK EVERYTHING WILL BE JUST FINE ONCE
ALL HONG KONG AFFAIRS WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY HONG KONG PEOPLE AND
THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES WILL HAVE NOTHING TO LOOK AFTER. SUCH AN
MIDEA IS UNREALISTIC''. THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES. WOULD NOT ANTERFERE MIN THE SAR'S SPECIFIC WORK. HOWEVER, HE SAID, IN HONG KONG
SOMETHING TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE COUNTRY'S FUNDAMENTAL INTERESTS OR
HARMFUL TO HONG KONG'S OWN FUNDAMENTAL INTERESTS HAPPENS, CAN THEN
BEIJING REFRAIN FROM INTERFER:ING?', (F THE CENTRAL AUTHORINTHES GAVE
UP ALL RIGHTS CHAOS MIGHT OCCUR. HE CONCLUDED **THEREFORE, TO RETA-WN
SOME POWERS OF THE CENTRAL AUTHROTIES WILL BE BENEFICIAL RATHER THAN
HARMFUL TO HONG KONG**.
9. ON FREEDOM OS SPEECH AND ACTION, DENG WAS QUOTED AS SAYHING *'AFTER 1997, #F #WN HONG KONG THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO CURSE CHINA AND THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO SO''. HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN CURSES INTO ACTION
AND TURN HONG KONG INTO A BASE FORT OPPOSING CHINA'S MAINLAND UNDER
THE CLOAK OF 'DEMOCRACY**.
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