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THE HK EXPRESS JOURNALIST WHO WAS DETAINED ON 26 OCTOBER? WILL SH BE INDICTED OR RELEASED?
ANSWER: THE COMPETENT CHINESE AUTHORITIES WILL ACT IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH CHINESE LAW IN HANDLING THIS CASE.
6. QUESTION: (HK JOURNALIST) WILL THE CHINESE SIDE MAKE PUBLIC ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS WHICH INDICATE THAT THE BRITISH SIDE COMMITTED ITSELF IN 1990?
ANSWER: THE CHINESE SIDE HOPES FOR COOPERATION NOT CONFRONTATION.
7. QUESTION: (UPI) (A) THE QUESTIONER COULD NOT RECALL ANYONE SPECIFICALLY SAYING WHERE THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS VIOLATED THE JD OR BL. COULD THE SPOKESMAN GIVE DETAILS? (B) THE SPOKESMAN HAD SEVERAL TIMES REFERRED TO COOPERATION NOT CONFRONTATION'. DID THE CHINESE SIDE'S INTERPRETATION OF THIS MEAN THAT CHINA SHOULD HAVE VETO POWER OVER EVERYTHING DONE IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1997?
ANSWER: (A) THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES IN CHINA HAVE PUBLICLY POINTED OUT SPECIFICALLY WHERE MR PATTEN'S PROPOSALS ARE CONTRARY
TO THE BL.
(B) THE BASIS FOR SINO-BRITISH COOPERATION IS THE JD. OUR COOPERATION HAS BEEN BASICALLY GOOD SINCE IT WAS SIGNED IN 1984. THE BRITISH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES SHOULD ACT STRICTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JD AND RETURN TO SERIOUS CONSULTATION ON THAT BASIS.
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QUESTION: (HK RADIO) XINHUA SAID THE DOCUMENTS THEY RELEASED WERE MEANT TO HELP THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT ON CONVERGENCE WITH THE BL. WE HAVE STUDIED THEM CAREFULLY AND CAN FIND NO SUCH AGREEMENT EXCEPT ONE CONCRETE PROVISION FOR THE PROPORTIONS OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE. COULD THE SPOKESMAN PLEASE ENLIGHTEN US AS TO WHICH DOCUMENT CONTAINS THIS
AGREEMENT?
ANSWER: YOU CAN EASILY DRAW THE CORRECT JUDGEMENT FROM READING THE DOCUMENTS YOURSELVES. IT IS NOT FOR ME AS MFA SPOKESMAN TO COMMENT.
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