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UNIONISTS IN PEKING THAT HE HAD IDENTIFIED TWO OUTSTANDING ISSUES IN HONG KONG: FIRST, THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT AND SECOND, CHINA'S RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT MATTERS THAT STRADDLED 1997 WHICH REQUIRED THE FUTURE SAR GOVERNMENT TO SHOULDER RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS. MR LU SAID WITHOUT CHINA'S SUPPORT DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE TRANSITION, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THE BRITISH-HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO GET SOME THINGS DONE.
HUMAN RIGHTS
6. TIN TIN DAILY NEWS (29.4) QUOTED RELIABLE SOURCES IN PEKING AS SAYING THAT PEKING WISHED TO FORMALLY PROPOSE AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT IT WOULD BECOME A SIGNATORY TO THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COVENANTS.
NATIONALITY
7. LEGCO MEMBER LEONG CHE-HUNG WAS REPORTED (29.4) TO BE LEADING A DRIVE TO CHANGE A QUIRK IN THE BRITISH NATIONALITY LAW WHICH WAS SPLITTING UP HONG KONG-BRITISH FAMILIES. MR LEONG SAID THE FIRST STEP WAS TO FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED.
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