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OF 280943Z AUGUST 91
4 NOV 1991
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, BIS NEW YORK INFO HKGO SAN FRANCISCO, UKMIS GENEVA, HKGO GENEVA
HONG KONG FUTURE: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUND-UP (21.8
SUMMARY
1. REPORTS FEATURED SEVERAL ISSUES.
AIRPORT
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28.8).
2. THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH AND CHINESE TEAMS ON THE JLG, ANTHONY GALSWORTHY AND GUO FENGMIN, CONFIRMED (25.8) THAT THEY COULD BE MEMBERS OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE. EARLIER, THE HK DAILY NEWS (22.8) QUOTED CHINESE SOURCES AS SAYING THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FROM THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD BE GUO FENGMIN, ZHENG WEIRONG, SUN YANHENG, CHEN ZUO'ER, WANG FENGHZHAO AND CHEN RONGCHUN. THE BRITISH MEMBERS, WOULD BE GALSWORTHY, ALAN PAUL, ANSON CHAN, YEUNG KAI-YIN, WILLIAM EHRMAN AND RAPHAEL HUI.
JLG
3. HK STANDARD (21.8) SAID THREE SUB-GROUPS UNDER THE JLG WOULD
MEET BEFORE EARLY NEXT MONTH TO EXAMINE THE DEFENCE AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COURT OF FINAL APPEAL AND THE CONTINUED APPLICATION TO HK OF MULTILATERAL TREATIES AFTER 1997. THE PAPER SAID DURING THE COMING SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 23, THE JLG WAS EXPECTED TO COME UP WITH A FINAL PROPOSAL ON THE FORMATION OF THE NEW AIRPORT COMMITTEE. OFFICIALS HOPED THAT THE JLG SESSION WOULD MAKE MAJOR PROGRESS AFTER JOHN MAJOR'S VISIT. THE PAPER SAID CHINESE SOURCES DID NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE FINAL COURT ISSUE COULD BE RESOLVED BY
THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
LU PING
4. LU PING WOULD SPEAK ON ''HONG KONG IN THE 21ST CENTURY FROM A CHINESE PERSPECTIVE'' AT A SEMINAR ON HK IN LONDON ON SEPTEMBER 16. WEN WEI PO (21.8) SAID THAT HIS PRESENCE THERE SIGNIFIED IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA. THE HK STANDARD SAID (22.8) THAT HE WOULD MEET FCO MINISTER LORD CAITHNESS.
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