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about Lu's visit, but in public comments he avoided any real gaffes or provocations. And there was no shortage of Hong Kong groups queuing up to see him.
6. The press handling of the Governor's talks with Lu Ping
seems to have been rather successful. It did not stimulate
any serious new demands for greater transparency about
contacts with China or complaints about the Governor's
dealing with Lu over the heads or behind the backs of LegCo. The general impression seems to have been that the talks were a routine exchange of little significance. There will be more interest in the Secretary of State's discussion with Qian Qichen on 9 March, on which LegCo members may well
demand to be briefed.
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PF Ricketts