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10. KONG HOI-CHUNG IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE BAUKINIA MONTHLY (4.11) SAID THAT HK'S POLITICAL REFORMS SHOULD CONVERGE WITH THE
BASIC LAW AND BE
JI PENGFEI
GRADUAL.
11. FORMER HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR JI PENGFEI WAS QUOTED AS TELLING A HK DELEGATION (5.11) THAT CHINA WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE BALANCED LEGCO MEMBERSHIP. HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE DIRECTLY-ELECTED MEMBERS CAME FROM THE LIBERAL CAMP, IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE WISH OF THE MAJORITY OF HK PEOPLE AS
INDICATED BY THE LOW VOTER TURNOUT.
NCNA HK BRANCH
12. THE NCNA HK BRANCH WOULD CLOSELY FOLLOW ITS PERSONNEL ROTATION SYSTEM WHEREBY OFFICIALS WOULD NOT BE POSTED TO HK FOR TOO LONG IN ORDER TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THE XU JIATUN INCIDENT, THE HK TIMES (5.11) SAID.
WILSON
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MAIN
60
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED>
LIMITED
HKD
PUSD
HD/FED
NEWS D
DISTRIBUTION
64
PLANNERS
RAD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
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