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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2698
OF 131133Z NOVEMBER 92
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, OTTAWA
OTTAWA PLEASE ONPASS TO THE GOVERNOR VISITING
NCNA STATEMENT ON LEGCO DEBATE ON CHRISTINE LOH'S MOTION : PRESS
COVERAGE AND REACTION
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NCNA HK BRANCH ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ON 12 NOVEMBER ON THE LEGCO DEBATE ON CHRISTINE LOH'S MOTION (DETAILS OF DEBATE REPORTED IN OUR TELNO 2688):
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THE HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, IN ITS CAPACITY AS A CONSULTATIVE BODY TO THE GOVERNOR, HAS NO RIGHT TO APPROVE ANY RESOLUTION TO OVERTHROW THE AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDING REACHED BY THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS. THE DEBATE WAS CARRIED OUT UNDER THE PRESSURE OF THE BRITISH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES. THIS IS ANOTHER OBVIOUS PROOF THAT THE BRITISH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES ABANDON THE PRINCIPLES OF CONVERGENCE WITH THE BASIC LAW, VIOLATE THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION, THE BASIC LAW AND THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS AND SABOTAGE
THE SMOOTH TRANSFER AND THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY IN HONG KONG, IGNORING THE REPEATED SINCERE ADVICE OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN HONG KONG. THE BRITISH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES MUST BEAR ALL THE CONSEQUENCES
ARISING THEREFROM.
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PRESS REACTION
PRO-CHINA PRESS
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THE STATEMENT WAS GIVEN PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL PRESS TODAY. ECHOING THE STATEMENT, THE LEFT-WING TA KUNG PAO AND WEN WEI PO LASHED OUT AT THE GOVERNOR IN BOTH THEIR EDITORIALS AND COMMENTARIES TODAY. THE MAIN LINES OF THE ATTACKS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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