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FILE REF:/23 DATED 15/6/88
FOLLOWING FOR R A J BUNTEN ESQ, APA, HONG KONG COPIED TO C T WOOD ESQ, HONG KONG DEPT, FCO
MACAQ: VISIT BY GOVERNOR TO PEKING AND DRAFTING OF THE MACAO BASIC
LAW
1. WE HAVE A LITTLE (RATHER BELATED) INFORMATION ON THIS VISIT WHICH YOU MAY FIND OF SOME INTEREST.
2. DURING LAST WEEK'S MEETING OF COUNSELLORS FROM EUROPEAN COMMUNITY COUNTRIES, PORTUGAL'S MR TEIXEIRA REPORTED ON THE MAIN FEATURES OF
THE VISIT. HE SAID THAT:
(A) MR MELANCIA HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY LI PENG, ZHENG TUOBIN, QIAN YONGCHANG JI PENGHEI AND ZHOU NAN.
(B) THE MEETING WITH LI PENG AND BEEN NOTE WORTHY FOR:
(I) THE STRESS LI PENG HAD PUT ON THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES' ''SUPPORT'' FOR THE PORTUGUESE ADMINISTRATION AND THE GOVERNOR'S
PERSONAL AUTHORITY IN MACAO (THE PORTUGUESE READ THIS AS AN EXPRESSION OF HOPE THAT MELANCIA'S ARRIVAL WOULD PUT AN END TO THE PREVIOUS PORTUGUESE INTERNAL SQUABBLES AND PERSONALITY CLAHES OVER
MACAO), AND
(II) THE INTEREST LI PENG HAD TAKEN IN PROPOSED MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN MACAO SUCH AS THE NEW AIRPORT, THE SCHEME FOR A DEEP-WATER PORT AND PROJECTS ON THE OUTER ISLANDS.
(C) THREE PARTICULAR POINTS HAD EMERGED FROM THE TALKS WITH ZHOU
NAN:
(I) THE PORTUGUESE SIDE HAD ASKED THE CHINESE TO TAKE MEASURES TO STOP THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, OF WHOM THERE WERE NOW SOME 50,000 IN ALL LIVING IN MACAO,
(II) THE CHINESE WERE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR OF PORTUGUESE PLANS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA, NOW BEING RUN BY THE MACAO GOVERNMENT (FROM NEXT OCTOBER IT WOULD BE OFFERING NEW COURSES IN LAW, ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT TO HELP TRAIN LOCAL CHINESE TO TAKE OVER POSTS IN THE GOVERNMENT: INSTRUCTION WOULD BE GIVEN IN MANDARIN
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