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9. THE ENGLISH TEXT OF THE BL ENDORSED BY THE NPC LAW COMMITTEE WAS PASSED AT THE 14TH MEETING OF THE SEVENTH NPC STANDING COMMITTEE, THE MEDIA (29.6) REPORTED. ALTHOUGH IT WOULD HAVE EQUAL VALIDITY WITH THE CHINESE VERSION. HOWEVER, SHOULD DIFFERENCES IN INTERPRETATION ARISE WITH THE CHINESE VERSION WOULD PREVAIL.
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10. THE HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL (30.6) REPORTED IN AN INSIDE-PAGE LEAF THAT PEKING WAS NOW LOOKING FOR WAYS TO STEP UP WORK ON HK AND MACAU AND THAT ONE OF THE WAYS WAS TO TRANSFER THOSE GAUNGDONG CADRES WHO WERE FAMILIAR WITH HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS TO GO TO ASSIST SENIOR OFFICIALS IN PEKING TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES RELATING TO THE TRANSITION IN HK AND MACAU. QUOTING SOURCES, THE PAPER SAID THAT PEKING HAD DECIDED TO SET UP AND ADVISORY SYSTEM IN THE NCNA HK AND MACAU BRANCHES. RONG KANG OF THE HK AND MACUA AFFAIRS OFFICE WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE HK TO BE AN ADVISER TO THE NCNA HK BRANCH. KE ZAISHUO, HAD BEEN APPOINTED AS A COUNSELLOR TO THE HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE TO GIVE ADVICE ON ISSUES RELATING TO HK AND MACAU.
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11. A TWO-DAY SEMINAR ON A POSITIVE APPROACH TO THE 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' POLICY ORGANISED BY A LOCAL DELEGATE TO THE NPC, LIU YIU-CHU, WAS ACCORDED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE MEDIA (12.7). MS LIU SAID THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SEMINAR WAS TO INCREASE HK PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' POLICY, THE BASIC LAW AND THE CONCEPT OF 'HK PEOPLE RUNNING HK. NCNA HK DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN TOLD THE SEMINAR THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' CONCEPT WAS AN IMPORTANT AND URGENT TASK. HE CALLED ON EVERYONE TO HELP BOTH SIDES TO ACHIEVE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, MUTUAL RESPECT AND NON-INTERVENTION IN EACH OTHER'S SOCIAL SYSTEM AND LIFE-STYLE.
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