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LORD WILSON
7. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID LORD WILSON WOULD LEAVE HK ON 3 JULY AND MR PATTEN WOULD ARRIVE ON 9 JULY. LORD WILSON WOULD GO ON A FAREWELL VISIT TO PEKING FROM JUNE 8 TO 12. SING PAO (12.5) SAID HE WAS EXPECTED TO MEET THE HEAD OF THE HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, LU PING AND OFFICIALS OF THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY.
LAWS
8. THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, JI PENGFEI, TOLD A DELEGATION OF HK OFFICIALS LED BY CHIEF JUSTICE TI LIANG YANG (6.5) THAT HE HOPED THAT HK'S LEGAL SECTOR WOULD EXAMINE THE LAWS OF HK WITH A VIEW TO SCRAPPING THOSE PROVISIONS WHICH WERE NOT IN LINE WITH THE BL. MEETING THE HK DELEGATION
(7.5), CHINESE VICE PREMIER WU XUEQIAN STRESSED THE NEED FOR HK AND MAINLAND LAWYERS TO INCREASE CONTACTS AND FOR CHINA TO UNDERSTAND HK LAWS BETTER.
LU PING
9. LU PING WAS QUOTED AS SAYING (8.5) TO HK BUSINESSMEN IN PEKING THAT PASSPORTS TO BE ISSUED TO HK PEOPLE AFTER 1997 WOULD BE DIFFERENCE FROM THOSE HELD BY MAINLANDERS. MR LU TOLD THEM (12.5) THAT HE LOOKED FORWARD TO MEETING MR PATTEN SOON TO DISCUSS HK ISSUES.
DEFENCE LAND
10. THE NINTH MEETING OF THE JLG EXPERT GROUP ON DEFENCE AND SECURITY MATTERS DID NOT ACHIEVE ANY BREAKTHROUGH, ALTHOUGH LEADERS OF BOTH TEAMS SAID THAT THE MEETING HAD BEEN FRIENDLY AND USEFUL AND HAD IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING (9.5).
CHEN ZIYING
11. THE LEADER OF A HK LABOUR UNION ON HIS RETURN FROM A VISIT TO PEKING QUOTED A VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS, CHEN ZIYING, AS SAYING THAT THE HKG SHOULD HANDLE ITS CORPORATION PLANS VERY CAREFULLY IN VIEW OF THE IMPLICATIONS. MR CHAN STRESSED THAT TO MAINTAIN HK'S STABILITY, ISSUES SHOULD BE DEALT WITH IN ACCORDANCE TO BL PROVISIONS. AS REGARDS THE CIVIL SERVICE STRUCTURE AFTER 1997, THERE WERE CLEAR PROVISIONS IN THE BL.
SURVEY
12. A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY (11.5) SHOWED THAT THE NUMBER OF RETURNING EMIGRANTS HAD DOUBLED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS WHILE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMIGRATING HAD DROPPED FROM 38 PER CENT TO 30 PER CENT SINCE LAST OCTOBER.
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