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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SUMMARY
1. MEDIA ATTENTION CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON THE AIRPORT PROJECT.
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IT WAS WIDELY REPORTED IN THE PRESS (1.5 AND 2.5) THAT THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS WERE EXPECTED TO RESUME SOON. NCNA HK DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN WAS QUOTED (2.5) AS SAYING THAT THE CHINESE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE RESUMPTION OF TALKS WAS OPEN AND THAT AS LONG AS CHINA AND BRITAIN TACKLED THE ISSUE WITH GREATER SINCERITY AND FURTHER TOOK INTO ACCOUNT HK PEOPLE'S INTERESTS, THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE. A FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESMAN IN HONG KONG, CHRIS OSBORNE, AND THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE DEPARTMENT AT THE NCNA HK BRANCH, YANG YOUYONG, CONFIRMED (2.5) THAT DISCUSSIONS ON THE DATE AND DETAILS OF A NEXT ROUND OF TALKS WERE TAKING PLACE. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING, PETER DAVIES, TOLD THE HONG KONG DAILY NEWS (3.5) THAT BOTH THE BRITISH AND CHINESE HAVE CONTACTED EACH OTHER FOR THE RESUMPTION OF TALKS BUT NO PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE.
3. MEDIA REPORTS ON 4.5 QUOTED THE HEAD OF THE HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, LU PING, AS SAYING TO A DELEGATION OF THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION IN PEKING THAT HE HOPED THAT BOTH THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES WOULD OBSERVE THE SPIRIT OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND REACH A CONSENSUS ON THE AIRPORT PROJECT.
CHINESE OFFICIALS ON HK'S FUTURE
JIANG ZEMIN TOLD VISITING FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER ROLAND DUMAS (1.5 REPORTS) THAT HK WOULD CONTINUE TO ENJOY CAPITALISM AS
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