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PREPARATIONS FOR BRITAIN CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HONG KONG ECONOMY AFTER 1997. HE EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING OF THIS CONTINUED INTEREST.
8. DR OWEN SAID THAT THIS WOULD CONTINUE THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WHICH HAD EXISTED OVER MANY YEARS.
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PRESENT AT THE MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ON THE CHINESE SIDE WERE HAN NIANLONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN AFFARIS, WU XIAODA THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE INSTITUTE, JIANG ENZHU OF THE WEST EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT OF THE MFA AND ANOTHER LADY WHOM I COULD NOT IDENTIFY.
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PLEASE SEE MIFT FOR REMAINDER OF DISCUSSION WHICH COVERED PRINCIPLES OF THE CHINESE ECONOMY AND THE PROBLEMS IN JUNE.
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