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F3.
Chen Zuo'er of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office denied that the Chinese would impost sanctions on British firms, saying there was "no hit list".
He said that China
would observe the provisions of the JD concerning British
investments (Hong Kong press 11 November 1993).
AIRPORT
Gl.
Chen Zuo'er of the HKMAO said that the Chinese side
would make every effort to reach agreement with the British side over the airport financing on the basis of the MoU no
matter whether the Sino-British talks could come to a
successful conclusion. He added that if the airport
financing and airport authority bills were not compatible with the MoU an agreement would be impossible (RTHK Radio 1 5 November reported by GIS Media Research Division).
G2. Speaking to a delegation of the Hong and Kowloon Kaifong Promotion Association, Chen Ziying said that problems arose again when the British side put forward a financial package for the airport in spring 1992; many
things in the package were in breach of arrangements
settled between China and the UK; it involved heavier
burdens on Hong Kong people, with more money being taken
out of the pockets of Hong Kong tax payers (CNS 22
November).
CULTURAL MATTERS
H1. Speaking to a delegation of the Hong Kong Motion
Picture Industry Association, Lu Ping said that after 1997
Hong Kong's film industry would as at present enjoy
complete freedom in the choice of subject makers and film
making. He added that departments on the mainland would not interfere in film-making in Hong Kong this was
clearly stipulated in the Basic Law (Xinhua 29 November).