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HKB 301/1
RECEIV
- 5 NOV 1990
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 3150
IN
OF 30084OZ OCTOBER 90
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визоно
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013500 MDLIAN 2576
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKGO GENEVA, UKMIS GENEVA
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SUMMARY
1. THE MEDIA ACCORDED GOOD COVERAGE TO NEWS RELATING TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG AND THE PADS PROJECTS AND MODERATE COVERAGE TO THE NATIONALITY ISSUE.
HONG KONG'S FUTURE
2. THE DIRECTOR OF THE NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH, ZHOU NAN, SAID THAT ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG WERE VERY CLOSE AND THAT THE TWO TERRITORIES WERE MUTUALLY DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER, AND THAT POLITICAL STABILITY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ON THE MAINLAND WERE THE MOST RELIABLE GUARANTEE FOR HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY, WHICH WOULD IN RETURN BENEFIT CHINA'S MODERNISATION PROGRAMME.
3. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANGLO-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, SIR PETER BLAKER, SAID THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT TO CHINA WAS TO SOLICIT PEKING'S VIEWS ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND THE TERRITORY'S DEVELOPMENT DURING THE TRANSITION AND THAT THE DELEGATION WOULD ALSO ACT AS 'A BRIDGE OF COMMUNICATION' BEFORE THE VISIT BY THE FOREIGN SECRETARY. THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST AND THE HONG KONG STANDARD (24.10) QUOTED SIR PETER AS TELLING REPRESENTATIVES OF MEETING POINT THAT FROM CHINA'S POINT OF VIEW, THE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' POLICY MEANT THAT HONG KONG SHOULD NOT INTERVENE IN CHINA'S AFFAIRS.
4. SINGAPORE PRIME MINISTER, LEE KUAN YEW, SAID THAT A POLITICAL SHAKE-UP IN THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP WOULD BE INEVITABLE AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF CHINA'S CURRENT LEADERS, INCLUDING DENG XIAOPING. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A WIDESPREAD REALISATION THAT THERE WOULD BE NO GOING BACK TO THE OLD POLICIES AND THAT THE PROBLEMS COULD ONLY BE SOLVED BY MORE AND MORE FREE-MARKET POLICIES. HE BELIEVED THAT SUCH CHANGES WOULD BENEFIT HONG KONG'S FUTURE PROSPERITY. MR
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