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THE AIRPORT WHEN TALKS RESUMED. THE FIRST WAS HKG SHOULD SET ASIDE A HKD 100 BILLION FUND FOR THE HK SAR IN 1997 (DOLLARS 75 BILLION FROM LAND FUND AND DOLLARS 25 BILLION FROM FISCAL RESERVES). THE SECOND WAS THAT THE BRITISH SHOULD DISCUSS WITH IT ALL MAJOR AFFAIRS WHICH STRADDLED 1997.
COMMENT
5.
BEFORE THE RECENT SERIES OF EDITORIALS, MING PAO HAS NOT COMMENTED ON CHINA ISSUES FOR SOME TIME. THE BALANCE OF NEWS IS TYPICAL OF THEIR INDEPENDENT STANCE.
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95
PADS
LIMITED
HKD
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
ERD
RAD
PS
PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD PS/PUS
MR BAYNE
SIR J COLES
FED
JOINT DIRECTORATE
NEWS D
MR MILES
PLANNERS
MR BURNS
PUSD
ADDITIONAL
7
SIR P CRADOCK (NO.10)
MS BROOKS LEGAL ADVISERS MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MACINTYRE HMT
MR APPLEYARD CABINET OFFICE MR S WHGHTMAN CABINET OFFICE MR A CHARLTON CABINET OFFICE
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