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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
FFICE LONDON, PEKING
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
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INFO HKGOS WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, BRUSSELS, GENEVA
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SUMMARY:
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1 NEW RELATING TO THE LAST BLDC PLENUM HELD IN PEKING BETWEEN
FEBRUARY 13 AND 17 DOMINATED MEDIA COVERAGE DURING THE PERIOD UNDER
REVIEW.
BLDC PLENUM
2. A TOTAL OF 24 AMENDMENT PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD BY FIVE BLDC
SPECIAL GROUPS WERE ADOPTED BY THE BLDC PLENUM, THE MEDIA (17.2) REPORTED. JI PENGFEI, SUBMITTED THE REVISED DRAFT BL TO THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE, THE MEDIA (20.2) REPORTED. THE REPORTS NOTED THAT IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE THIRD PLENUM OF THE SEVENTH NPC WOULD
BE HELD IN PEKING ON MARCH 20 DURING WHICH THE REVISED DRAFT BL WOULD BE EXAMINED AND DISCUSSED.
CHINESE OFFICIALS AND DRAFTERS
3. A MEMBER OF THE CHINESE JLG TEAM ZHENG WEIRONG SAID THAT AS THE QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE WAS RESOLVED, IT WOULD HELP THE WORK OF THE JLG. ZHOU NAN SAID THAT AS THE BL WOULD BE PASSED AND PROMULGATED BY THE NPC NEXT MONTH, DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TERRITORY TO 1997 MUST BE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BL, THE MEDIA (20.2) REPORTED. THE HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL (20.2) UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HOPED
THAT IT COULD BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE TERRITORY'S DEVELOPMENTS AND
AFFAIRS DURING THE TRANSITION THROUGH THE JLG AND A CONSULTATIVE
BODY TO BE SET UP LATER.
HK DRAFTERS
4. MOST HK DRAFTERS FELT THAT THE REVISED BL WAS ACCEPTABLE IN
GENERAL. LI KA-SHING SAID THAT HE WAS QUITE SATISFIED WITH THE
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