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THE SAR TO BE THE 'OBJECTIVE CRITERIA' FOR THE THROUGH TRAIN. THE
PAPER ALSO CRITICISED THE GOVERNOR FOR SAYING THAT THE ELECTORAL
ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE TABLED IN LEGCO.
8. WEN WEI PO CONTINUED TO CRITICISE THE BRITISH SIDE'S POSITIONS
ON THE FCS, THE ELECTION COMMITTEE AND THE THROUGH TRAIN IN FAMILIAR TERMS. THE PAPER SAID THAT IT WAS STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE TWO SIDES TO REACH AN AGREEMENT PROVIDED THAT THE BRITISH SIDE NO
LONGER INSISTED ON THE GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL PACKAGE.
PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE
9. THE PAPERS REPORTED THAT NPC CHAIRMAN QIAO SHI WOULD PRESENT APPOINTMENT LETTERS TO MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE
AS ITS INAUGURATORY MEETING TODAY. THE PAPERS ALSO REPORTED THAT JIANG ZEMIN, QIAO SHI AND ZHU RONGJI WOULD MEET THE MEMBERS.
10. DIRECTOR OF THE WORKING COMMITTEE QIAN QICHEN WAS QUOTED BY THE PAPERS AS SAYING DURING A MEETING WITH VICE-DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE SECRETARIAT THAT THE WORK OF THE PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS. THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS QUOTED SOURCES AS SAYING THAT QIAN WOULD TODAY OPENLY CLARIFY THAT THE WORKING COMMITTEE WOULD NOT BECOME A SECOND POWER CENTRE OR A SHADOW GOVERNMENT. MEMBERSHIP OF THE FIVE SUB- GROUPS UNDER THE WORKING COMMITTEE WAS DECIDED YESTERDAY. EACH SUB- GROUP WOULD BE HEADED BY A MAINLAND AND A HK MEMBER. IT WAS NOTED THAT MAINLAND MEMBERS HOLDING OFFICIAL TITLES HAD NOT BEEN
APPOINTED AS CONVENORS OF THE SUB-GROUPS. THE SUB-GROUPS AND THE
CONVENORS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MAINLAND
SUB-GROUP
HK CONVENOR
CONVENOR
A) POLITICAL
AFFAIRS
LEUNG CHUN-YING
XIAO WEIYUN
B) ECONOMIC
AFFAIRS
NELLIE FONG
GAO SHANGQUAN
C) LEGAL
SIMON LI
SHAO TIANREN
AFFAIRS
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