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EXECUTIVE YUAN, HAU PEI TSUN AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEN FU HAD EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNOR'S CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE AFTER HIS POLICY ADDRESS ON 7 OCTOBER AND THAT THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAIWAN MAINLAND AFFAIRS COUNCIL MA YING JEOU HAD CONFIRMED THIS STANCE AND INDICATED THAT QUOTE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND TAIWAN COULD DEVELOP FURTHER UNQUOTE. IT ALSO SAID THAT TAIWAN KMT FORCES IN HONG KONG WERE TRYING TO MAKE UP QUOTE PUBLIC OPINION UNQUOTE TO COINCIDE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S CONFRONTATIONAL STANCE AGAINST THE BL. IT ALLEGED THE GOVERNOR'S MEETING HAD SERIOUS POLITICAL MEANING AND THAT THE GOVERNOR WAS PLAYING A POLITICAL GAME.
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SIMILAR COMMENTS WERE MADE IN ANOTHER COMMENTARY IN TA KUNG PAO TODAY. THE COMMENTARY ALSO MENTIONED RECENT REMARKS MADE BY THE MANAGER OF THE TAIWAN CHUNG HWA TRAVEL SERVICE IN HONG KONG, JOHN NI, AT A FORUM ORGANISED BY THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. NI MADE A SPEECH ON TAIWAN MAINLAND POLICY AND IN THE MARGINS OF THE SEMINAR, NI REMARKED TO REPORTERS THAT PEKING'S OBJECTION TO THE PACE OF DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG WOULD RAISE DOUBTS AMONG PEOPLE OF TAIWAN OF THE SINCERITY OF PEKING IN IMPLEMENTING THE QUOTE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS UNQUOTE POLICY AND CAUSE CONCERN THAT THIS WOULD AFFECT THE FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN TAIWAN AND CHINA ON REUNIFICATION. THE COMMENTARY CRITICISED NI FOR PUBLICLY INVOLVING HIMSELF IN HONG KONG'S POLITICAL DEBATE IN CRITICISING CHINA'S OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL PACKAGE.
5. YANG YOUYONG OF NCNA CALLED ON DPA ON 11 NOVEMBER TO MAKE A REPRESENTATION ON THE MEETING BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND HSU. HE SAID THAT HSU WAS A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE KMT. THE MEETING WAS A BREAK FROM THE TABOO OF 40 YEARS THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNOR NEVER HAD ANY CONTACT WITH POLITICAL FIGURES FROM TAIWAN. HE SAID THE CHINESE SIDE EXPRESSED GREAT CONCERN OVER THE EVENT AND ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION FROM THE HKG. YANG SAID THAT IN ORDER TO PROMOTE A SO CALLED QUOTE INDEPENDENT POLITICAL ENTITY UNQUOTE AND CREATE QUOTE ONE CHINA, ONE TAIWAN UNQUOTE THE TAIWAN AUTHORITIES HAD BEEN TRYING TO DEVELOP OFFICIAL OR SEMI-OFFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH HONG KONG. THIS WAS WHAT CHINA HAD ALWAYS BEEN FIRMLY OPPOSED TO. IT WAS HOPED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE HKG WOULD ABIDE BY THEIR COMMITMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE NO/NO CONTACT WITH TAIWANESE OFFICIALS OR SEMI-OFFICIALS AND THAT OUTSIDE FORCES NOT/NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE HONG KONG FOR THEIR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
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