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INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKGO GENEVA, UKMIS GENEVA
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SUMMARY
1. NEWS RELATED TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND THE AIRPORT PROJECTS WAS MODERATELY REPORTED AS THE GULF CONFLICT DOMINATED MEDIA
COVERAGE.
REMARKS BY CHINESE LEADERS
2. SENIOR CHINESE LEADER DENG XIAOPING ACCUSED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OF SUPPORTING THE ALL HONG KONG ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE PATRIOTIC PRE-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN CHINA IN CARRYING OUT ACTIVITIES AIMED AT SUBVERTING THE PEKING GOVERNMENT AND SAID THAT CHINA HAD TO INTERFERE SHOULD HONG KONG BECOME A BASE FOR SUBVERSION, THE MEDIA (16.1) REPORTED. CHINESE PRESIDENT YANG SHANGKUN ASSURED A DELEGATION OF THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT CHINA WOULD DEFINITELY UPHOLD HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY AND WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME AFTER 1997. CHINESE VICE-PREMIER WU XUEQIAN SAID THAT DURING THE TRANSITION, ONLY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COULD SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND THAT AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE SAR GOVERNMENT, MATTERS OF THE SAR WOULD BE DECIDED BY ITS OWN GOVERNMENT. HE ADDED THAT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WOULD FULLY RESPECT HONG KONG'S HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY IN ORDER NOT TO RENDER THE POLICY OF 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' MEANINGLESS. DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE LU PING SAID THAT CIVIL SERVANTS WHO PAID ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAR AND THE BL COULD CONTINUE THEIR SERVICE AFTER 1997, THAT APART FROM SOME PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS, THERE WOULD NOT BE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT MERITS WOULD BE RECOGNISED AND PROMOTION PROSPECTS WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED, AND THAT HOLDERS OF BRITISH PASSPORTS GRANTED UNDER THE BRITISH NATIONALITY PACKAGE WOULD NOT BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
3. HONG KONG UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE LECTURER NORMAN MINERS SAID THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JD, THE CHINESE HAD THE RIGHT TO BE CONSULTED ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE PERIOD AFTER 1997. BAPTIST
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