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CHINESE POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG.

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1. THE LATEST REAFFIRMATION OF NO CHANGE IN THE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' POLICY APPEARS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE CHINA DAILY OF 29 JUNE IN A REPORT ON REMARKS MADE BY JIANG ZEMIN ON 28 JUNE TO LEADING MEMBERS OF CHINA'S DEMOCRATIC PARTIES AND NON-PARTY PERSONNEL. WE SHALL BE REPORTING MORE FULLY ON THOSE REMARKS BUT THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THAT PART OF THE CHINA DAILY REPORT WHICH REFERS TO HONG KONG:

'THE COMMUNIQUE OF THE FOURTH PLENARY SESSION HAS POINTED OUT

THAT THE POLITICAL LINE, PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES SINCE THE THIRD PLENARY SESSION OF THE 11TH CENTRAL COMMITTEE WILL SEE NO CGANGE. THE 'NO CHANGE'' STAND WILL COVER ALL POLICIES REGARDING OUR UNITED FRONT, THE PRINCIPLE OF ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'' AND THE POLICIES CONCERNING TAIWAN, HONG KONG AND MACAO, AS WELL AS ON NATIONALITIES, RELIGIONS AND OVERSEAS CHINESE''.

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