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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO 1182: TAIPEI TRADE CENTRE IN HONG KONG: CHINESE DEMARCHE ON 8 MAY
1. CHENG RUOYU (FIRST SECRETARY, HKMAO, MFA) SUMMONED FIRST SECRETARY TO MFA ON 8 MAY TO MAKE A DEMARCHE ON THE RECENT ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TAIPEI TRADE CENTRE IN HONG KONG.
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CHENG SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE REGRETTED THE FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TAIPEI TRADE CENTRE, LONG PLANNED BY THE TAIWAN AUTHORITIES, IN HONG KONG ON 15 APRIL. AT THE END OF FEBRUARY NCNA HAD REPEATEDLY ASKED HKG TO PREVENT THIS. DESPITE THIS, HKG, UNDER THE PRETEXT OF NOT HAVING RECEIVED ANY SUCH APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION, HAD PRESENTED CHINA WITH A FAIT ACCOMPLI. LI CHENGYU, AN OFFICIAL FROM THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS UNDER THE TAIWAN EXECUTIVE YUAN, WOULD ACT AS CONSULTANT TO THE CENTRE. LI JIAN, AN OFFICIAL IN TAIWAN WITH THE RANK OF DIVISION CHIEF, WOULD BE THE CENTRE'S FIRST DIRECTOR. THUS THE CENTRE COULD NOT (NOT) BE CONSIDERED A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION. THE WORDS ''REPUBLIC OF CHINA' HAD EVEN APPEARED IN THE MATERIAL AND INVITATION CARDS DISTRIBUTED BY THE CENTRE. THIS REPRESENTED THE DELIBERATE CREATION OF TWO CHINAS'' OR 'ONE CHINA, ONE TAIWAN'' CHINA COULD NEVER ALLOW THIS.
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3. THE CPG HAD ALSO NOTICED SINCE 1990 THAT HKG HAD RELAXED RESTRICTIONS ON OFFICIALS FROM TAIWAN ENTERING HONG KONG AND HAD ALLOWED MANY TAIWANESE OFFICIALS AND ORGANISATIONS TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN THE TERRITORY. ALTHOUGH THESE ORGANISATIONS WERE REGISTERED IN HONG KONG AS NON-GOVERNMENTAL, THE MAJORITY HAD BEEN ''PLOTTED'' BY AND WERE RUN BY TAIWANESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. THERE WERE ALSO AIDED FINANCIALLY BY SPECIAL TAIWAN GOVERNMENT FUNDS. HKG'S TOLERANCE OF SUCH PRACTICES WAS CONTRARY TO THE COMMITMENT MADE BY HMG TO ENJOIN HKG TO STRICTLY HONOUR ITS COMMITMENT TO ONE CHINA, TURN DOWN TAIWAN'S APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF OFFICIAL AND SEMI-OFFICIAL ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG, AND TO TAKE IMMEDIATE MEASURES TO STOP THE OPERATION OF THOSE ALREADY ESTABLISHED WITHOUT REGISTRATION. OCCURRENCES SUCH
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