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OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN THE FUTURE SAR WAS STRESSED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE. A LEFT-WING TRADE UNION OFFICIAL DESCRIBED AS PROGRESS THE FACT THAT THE RIGHT WING UNIONS HAD NOT REJECTED THE
DRAFT.
VISITS
TIAN
5. CONSIDERABLE COVERAGE WAS AFFORDED TO THE VISIT OF THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO PEKING (DESIGNATE) PARTICULARLY MR DONALD'S EXPLANATION OF BRITAIN'S POSITION REGARDING THE TIMING OF ANY COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT. THE VISIT IN LATE MAY OF VICE PREMIER JI YUN WAS GIVEN FURTHER COVERAGE. REPORTS WERE MADE ON TIAN'S REASSURING COMMENTS IN THE US THAT CHINA WAS NOT WORRIED OVER E MIGRATION FROM HONG KONG. THE WEN WEI PO REPORTED ON THE JUNE VISIT OF JI PENG FEI, LI HOU, LU PING AND OTHER MAINLAND DRAFTERS. THE HK STANDARD REPORTED THAT OMELCO MEMBERS WOULD BE MEETING MR JI. THE GROUP WOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES ON THE DRAFT. DB MEMBERS HAD BEEN ADRESSED BY THE BLCC INVITING THEM TO HAVE EXCHANGES WITH THE CHINESE DRAFTERS.
EMIGRATION
6. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S TASK FORCE TO STUDY
E MIGRATION RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE (11 MAY). SASI WAS REPORTED AS DESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMIGRATING ON BEING AT A MANAGEABLE LEVEL WHILE SOME NEWSPAPERS REPORTED HIS REMARKS THAT HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT. INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS CONTINUED TO INCLUDE EDITORIALS SUGGESTING REMEDIES FOR THE BRAIN DRAIN. THE SCMP APPLAUDED THE COMMISSIONING OF SRI INTERNATIONAL BY ELEVEN PRIVATE COMPANIES ΤΟ CONDUCT A SURVEY ON HONG KONG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997 THIS WAS SEEN AS AN INDICATION THAT BUSINESS WANTED TO PLAY A FULL
LONDON PART IN PRESERVING THE VITAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG HONG KONG, AND PEKING. SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS REPORTED THAT THE HONG KONG AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS HAD INDICATED SUPPORT FOR THE SURVEY.
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