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FROM: C O PIGOTT, PEKING
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DATED: 5 OCTOBER 1987
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COPIED TO: CT WOOD ESQ, APA I, HONG KONG
JI PENGFIE ON CHINA'S POLICIES TOWARDS HONG KONG AND MACAO
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THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY BULLETIN OF 3 OCTOBER CARRIES A
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REPORT, DATELINED PEKING 2 OCTOBER, OF A MEETING BETWEEN JI PENGFEI AND AN UNSPECIFIED HONG KONG TRADE UNION DELEGATION ON 2 OCTOBER.
AT THE MEETING JI IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT THE CONVOCATION OF
THE THIRTEENTH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE CCP WOULD NOT AFFECT CHINA'S
POLICIES TOWARDS HONG KONG AND MACAO. THE POLICIES OF ''ONE
COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS WOULD NOT CHANGE. JI NOTED THAT THE FIRST
DRAFT OF THE HKSAR'S BASIC LAW WOULD BE COMPLETED AFTER TWO FURTHER
BLDC MEETINGS. HE IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT THE BASIC LAW COULD
PROVIDE ONLY GENERAL POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES: DETAILED PROVISIONS
WOULD HAVE TO BE FORMULATED AND ADDED BY THE FUTURE HKSARG AND BY
THE ''LOCAL PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF THE SITUATION IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997. JI IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT, AFTER THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW HAD BEEN COMPLETED, CHINA WOULD SOLICIT OPINIONS ON
IT EXTENSIVELY IN HONG KONG. HE IS REPORTED TO HAVE CONCLUDED BY
SAYING THAT HE HOPED NO MAJOR CHANGES WOULD TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG
BEFORE 1997 AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD STRIVE FOR HONG KONG'S STABILITY
AND PROSPERITY.
SIGNED: C O PIGOTT.
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