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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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HKGO LONDON PERSONAL FOR YAXLEY
MIPT : KE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG : ARTICLE IN CONTEMPORARY MAGAZINE
1. CONTEMPORARY, A WEEKLY NEWS MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY FORMER WEN WEI PO DIRECTOR LI TSZ-CHUNG, REPORTED IN ITS LATEST ISSUE THAT FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS OF RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, THE HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL HAS NOW DRAWN UP POLICY PROPOSALS ON HONG KONG. THESE WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL AT A MEETING OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAO WORK COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER. THE MEETING WILL DECIDE THE POLICIES TOWARDS HONG KONG BOTH PRE- AND POST-1997 UNDER THE ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'' PRINCIPLE.
2. THE ARTICLE, WRITTEN BY YIP CHI-CHAU, REPORTS THAT HKMAO HAS SET UP THREE WORKING GROUPS ON POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND LEGAL PLANNING RESPECTIVELY. KE ZAISHUO HEADS THE POLITICAL PLANNING GROUP. THE ECONOMIC GROUP IS LED BY ZHANG XIANCHENG (WHO VISITED HONG KONG WITH KE) AND THE LEGAL GROUP BY SHAO TIANREN (SHAO IS
TOO OLD TO TRAVEL AND HIS GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING IN PEKING).
POLITICAL PLANNING
3. HONG KONG IS STILL REGARDED AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSION, THOUGH THIS LINE IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE LOCALLY-BASED STAFF OF NCNA'S HONG KONG BRANCH, ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE.
4. THE SUGGESTED FUTURE POLICY IS HOWEVER NOT TO ATTACH THE LABEL OF ''A BASE FOR SUBVERSION'' TO HONG KONG, UNLESS THERE IS MASS OPPOSITION TO THE CPG SUCH AS DEMONSTRATIONS AND PROCESSIONS.
5. THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD ENCOURAGE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY PRO- CHINA ELEMENTS IN THE 1991 THREE-TIER ELECTIONS, IN ORDER TO LAY A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR THE ELECTIONS IN 1995. THE CHINESE WOULD SUPPORT FORMER ACTIVE BLCC MEMBERS TO RUN FOR LEGCO SEATS. OTHERS WHO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO SEEK CHINESE ASSISTANCE WOULD ALSO BE
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