UNCLASSIFIED
FM PEKING
TO TELELETTER FCO
TELELETTER 37
OF 090235Z DECEMBER 1987
AND TO TELELETTER HONG KONG
FROM PAMELA MAJOR, PEKING
UNCLASSIFIED
HKB 026
026/1
15 DEC 1987
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8 DECEMBER 1987
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GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO PEKING: 3-5 DECEMBER: CHINESE PRESS REACTION.
SUMMARY.
1. PEKING TELNOS 2127 AND 2128 EXPLAIN THE POSITION ON OFFICIAL
PRESS HANDLING OF THIS VISIT.
2. COVERAGE OF THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT IN THE CHINESE AND THE LOCAL
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRESS WAS VERY LOW KEY, ESPECIALLY THAT OF THE TALKS IN PEKING, WHICH WAS LIMITED TO THE NCNA RELEASE IN PEKING TELNO 2128 REPORTING OF THE CANTON AND SHANGHAI VISITS WAS SLIGHTLY FULLER, ESPECIALLY IN THE OVERSEAS PEOPLE'S DAILY, CONCENTRATING ON
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION.
DETAIL
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TWELVE TIMES
FIRST THREE
LARGEST TRADING
INCREASED
3. NCNA OF 30 NOVEMBER ANNOUNCED THE GOVERNOR'S DEPARTURE (FROM HONG
KONG) AND THE PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT, WHICH WAS TO OPEN THE TDC OFFICE IN SHANGHAI. THE REPORT QUOTED THE GOVERNOR AS SAYING THAT TRADE
BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE MAINLAND HAD INCREASED ''BY
IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AND ''BY 50 PERCENT IN THE QUARTERS OF 1987''. THE MAINLAND WAS NOW HONG KONG'S
PARTNER. CANTON PROVINCE PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN THIS
ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP THE REPORT ALSO NOTED THAT THE
TALK TO CHINESE OFFICIALS ABOUT THE POLITICAL REVIEW AND RECENT
DISTRUBANCES IN THE STOCK MARKET. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT OF THE MEETING AND BANQUET WITH YE XUANPING, THE TWO SIDES EXPRESSED SATISFACTION OVER THE RECENT FRIENDLY COOPERATION BETWEEN CANTON AND
HONG KONG. YE IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO
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