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FM HONG KONG
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OF 180645Z MARCH 92
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KP
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKGO GENEVA, UKMIS GENEVA
HONG KONG FUTURE:
SUMMARY
PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUND-UP (11-17.3)
THE APPOINTMENT OF HK AFFAIRS ADVISERS WAS FEATURED.
HK AFFAIRS ADVISERS
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A CEREMONY IN PEKING MARKING THE APPOINTMENT OF 44 HK AFFAIRS ADVISERS WAS WIDELY REPORTED (11.3). NCNA HK DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN SAID (11.3) THAT THE NEXT GROUP TO BE APPOINTED WOULD COME FROM A WIDER SPECTRUM BUT HE DECLINED TO PROVIDE DETAILS. ANOTHER VICE-DIRECTOR, QIN WENJUN, SAID (12.3) THE CHINESE WOULD CONSIDER A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE BUT THOSE WHO SOUGHT TO OVERTHROW THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND JEOPARDISE THE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'' POLICY WOULD BE EXCLUDED. BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO PEKING ROBIN MCLAREN SAID HE WAS NOT WORRIED THAT HK'S ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE UNDERMINED AS CHINA HAD MADE CLEAR THAT THE ADVISERS WOULD NOT BECOME A CENTRE OF POWER.
3. ADDRESSING THE FUNCTION, HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR LU PINGS AID (12.3) THAT CHINA HOPED THAT THE ADVISERS WOULD HELP FORMULATE PRAGMATIC POLICIES ON HK. PREMIER LI PENG IN HIS ADDRESS SAID TO MAINTAIN THE LONG-TERM PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HK AND ACHIEVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION REQUIRED THAT BOTH THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS TO ADHERE TO AGREEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES REACHED AND STRENGTHEN TRUST IN AND CO-OPERATION WITH EACH OTHER. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WOULD REQUIRE THE HARD WORK OF HK PEOPLE AND THIS WAS THE PURPOSE FOR APPOINTING ADVISERS. OTHER CHINESE LEADERS PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY INCLUDED YANG SHANGKUN, WU XUEQIAN, ZHO JIAHUA AND ZHU RONGYI.
CALLING FOR MORE MUTUAL CONSULTATION, JIANG ZEMIN TOLD THE ADVISERS (13.3) THAT CHINA WOULD MAINTAIN THE ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO
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