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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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OF 20120OZ NOVEMBER 89
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BASIC LAW: REMARKS BY LI HOU AND LU PING: PRESS REPORTS
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1. CHINESE GIVING CONSIDERATION TO ADDITIONAL BL PROVISIONS AGAINST SUBVERTING CPG AND INTERNATIONALISATION OF HONG KONG. CHINESE
NATIONALITY REQUIREMENT FOR LEGCO MEMBERS ALSO BEING CONSIDERED. MY
REMARKS IN WASHINGTON CRITICISED. CHINESE CONCERNED THAT THE
NATIONALITY PACKAGE WOULD CAUSE PROBLEMS OF ALLEGIANCE.
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2. WHILE ATTENDING THE THIRD PLENARY OF THE MACAO BLDC IN GUANGZHOU, BOTH LI HOU AND LU PING GAVE INTERVIEWS TO HK REPORTERS OVER THE
WEEKEND ON THE HONG KONG BASIC LAW. THE CONTENTS ARE REPORTED EXTENSIVELY IN TODAY'S PRESS.
3. SUBVERSION ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE CPG AND INTERNATIONALISATION OF
HONG KONG. LI HOU SAID THAT CONSIDERATION WAS BEING GIVEN TO ADDING
PROVISIONS TO THE BL TO PROHIBIT HONG KONG FROM BECOMING A BASE FOR SUBVERSION AGAINST THE CPG AND THE SOCIALIST SYSTEM. HE SAID THERE WAS A WORRY THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE USED TO SUBVERT THE CPG AND THAT THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF HONG KONG WOULD LEAD TO FOREIGN POLITICAL FORCES INTERFERING WITH HONG KONG. LI SAID THAT CONCERNS OVER THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF HONG KONG REFERRED TO HONG KONG'S
POLITICS: FOREIGN COUNTRIES COULD CONTINUE TO INVEST IN HONG KONG'S
ECONOMY.
4. LI ADDED THAT HONG KONG DRAFTERS WOULD BE CONSULTED AND THE
RELEVANT SPECIAL GROUP WOULD CONSIDER WHETHER AND HOW SUCH
PROVISIONS SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE BL. WEN WEI PO QUOTED HIM AS
SAYING INITIAL THINKING WAS TO ADD THE PROVISIONS TO ART 23.
5. LI SAID THE CHINESE SIDE WERE ALSO CONSIDERING WRITING INTO THE
BL THE PRESENT PROVISION IN HONG KONG LAW THAT LOCAL SOCIETIES
SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOREIGN POLITICAL
ORGANISATIONS.