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JI PENGFEI'S STATEMENT ON HONG KONG AND MACAO : 22 JUNE.
1. JI PENGFEI APPEARED ON THIS EVENING'S (22 JUNE) TV NEWS
ADDRESSING A CHINESE JOURNALIST ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG AND MACAO. IT WAS CLEAR, DESPITE EFFORTS TO DISGUISE THE FACT, THAT HE WAS READING FROM A PREPARED TEXT.
2. THE FOLLOWING IS OUR SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS SAID : JI PENGFEI
SAID THAT HE WAS ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG AND MACAO THAT THE RECENT DISTURBANCES IN CHINA WOULD LEAD TO A CHANGE IN CHINESE GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARDS THOSE TWO TERRITORIES. HE SAID THAT CHINESE GOVERNMENT POLICY WAS
BASICALLY UNCHANGED. THE JOINT DECLARATIONS WITH THE UK AND PORTUGAL WERE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS. HE HOPED THAT IT WOULD BE
POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP THE COOPERATION BEGUN BETWEEN
THE CHINESE AND THE BRITISH AND THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENTS. HE HOPED THE WORK OF THE TWO JLGS AND LAND COMMISSIONS WOULD CONTINUE ALONG THEIR PRE-SET COURSE. IT WAS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT HONG KONG AND MACAO COMPATRIOTS DID NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT SITUATION ON THE MAINLAND. DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD (AFTER 1997/1999 (?)) HONG KONG AND MACAO WOULD MAINTAIN THEIR SEPERATE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS : CHINA WOULD NOT IMPLEMENT SOCIALIST POLICIES IN EITHER PLACE.
HONG KONG AND MACAO SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH CHINA'S SOCIALIST SYSTEM. MAINLANDERS HAVE TO RESPECT HONG KONG AND MACAO LAWS. WHEN HONG KONG AND MACAO COMPATRIOTS RETURN TO THE MAINLAND THEY OUGHT TO RESPECT CHINA'S LAWS AND CONSTITUTION. THE SPREAD OF COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY RIOTS WILL AFFECT THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG AND MACAO. JI HOPED THAT HONG KONG AND MACAO COMPATRIOTS, DESPITE ANY LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, WOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH THE MAINLAND ON THE TWO JOINT DECLARATIONS. HE HOPED THEY WOULD MAKE EVEN GREATER CONTRIBUTION TO THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE MAINLAND.
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