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PRESS REPORTS ON GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS 8 16

JANUARY.

1.

THE CONGRESS WAS HELD IN GUANGZHOU FROM 8 TO 16 JANUARY. ZHU SENLIN DELIVERED THE OFFICIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT WORK REPORT ON THE FIRST DAY. EXTRACTS PUBLISHED IN THE SOUTHERN DAILY (SD)

OF 9 AND 10 JANUARY WERE DEVOTED TO THE PROVINCE'S ECONOMIC

RESULTS FOR 1991, ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR 1992, HOUSING REFORM, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN GOVERNMENT AND BIRTH CONTROL. THE FULL TEXT OF THE REPORT HAS YET TO APPEAR.

2. TA KUNG PAO (TKP) (10 JANUARY) REPORTED COMMENTS MADE BY

PROVINCIAL PARTY SECRETARY XIE FEI AT A MEETING WITH HONG KONG AND MACAU DELEGATES TO THE CONGRESS ON 9 JANUARY. XIE SAID THAT

THERE WERE TWO ASPECTS TO RELATIONS BETWEEN THE THREE TERRITORIES: FIRST, HOW GUANGDONG COULD MAKE USE OF THE ADVANTAGES PRESENTED BY HONG KONG AND MACAU, IN PURSUIT OF ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: SECONDLY, HOW TO HANDLE 'CONTRADICTIONS', ACHIEVE GENUINE 'SOLIDARITY AND CO-OPERATION', AND ENGAGE IN

'COMMON DEVELOPMENT'. XIE THEN ADVANCED THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

A) ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION SHOULD BE FURTHER DEEPENED AND ALSO

UPGRADED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT:

B) SOME FORMS OF TRIPARTITE CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED:

SHOULD C) ANTI-CRIME CO-OPERATION SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED:

D)

QUESTIONS AFFECTING THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG AND MACAU

SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY EXPANDING CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION AND

HOLDING MORE DISCUSSIONS:

E) DISPUTES BETWEEN GUANGDONG, HONG KONG AND MACAU SHOULD BE HANDLED CORRECTLY:

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