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INFO PRIORITY PEKING
ZHOU NAN
INTERVIEW
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WEN WEI PO OF 12 DECEMBER REPORTS IN SOME DETAIL AN INTERVIEW GIVEN BY ZHOU NAN ON THE EVE OF THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE JD. ZHOU WAS UPBEAT ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR HONG KONG GIVEN THE OVERALL PROSPECTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION IN THE 21ST CENTURY, AND PROVIDED BOTH SIDES UNDERTOOK THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
2. ZHOU PROTESTED THAT CHINA HAD DONE NOTHING TO HARM EITHER HONG KONG OR BRITAIN, BUT THAT THINGS HAD BEEN SAID AND DONE ON OUR SIDE AGAINST THE JOINT DECLARATION. HE REITERATED CRITICISM OF INTERNATIONALISATION AND A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING HONG KONG FOR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES. HE CLAIMED THAT THESE ACTIONS WOULD, THEY WERE TO CONTINUE, HAVE A DAMAGING INFLUENCE ON HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY.
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3. ZHOU STRESSED THAT NO CHANGES TO THE JOINT DECLARATION COULD BE PERMITTED, HE ALSO SAID THAT ''NOT ONLY WAS THE JOINT DECLARATION LIKE THIS (I.E. IMMUTABLE) BUT ALSO RELATED AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES COULD NOT LIGHTLY BE CHANGES BY ONE SIDE''
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