UNCLASSIFIED
HKB
301/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 610
OF 200643Z APRIL 93
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
APR
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
REGISTRY Action Taken
INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG
ра
Media
170324
MDHIAN 7682
TOP COPY Q DIST?
89
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESS REPORTS
LU PING
1. IN RECEIVING A DELEGATION OF DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN YESTERDAY (19 APRIL), LU PING SAID THAT AS THE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE TALKS HAD MADE CLEAR, THE TALKS HAD TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE BASIS OF THE THREE COMPLIANCES. ANY DEPARTURE FROM THIS BASIS WOULD MEAN THAT THERE WOULD BE NOTHING FOR THE TWO SIDES TO TALK ABOUT. HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE COULD BE NEITHER THE BASIS OF THE TALKS NOR THE STARTING POINT FOR THEM. IT WOULD MAKE THE TALKS VERY DIFFICULT IF WE INSISTED ON STARTING FROM THE PACKAGE.
2.
ON THE THROUGH TRAIN, LU PING REMARKED THAT THE NPC DECISION HAD MADE VERY CLEAR PROVISIONS. THINGS WOULD BE SIMPLE IF THEY WERE DONE ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS. MEMBERS OF THE FUTURE SAR LEGISLATURE HAD NOT ONLY TO ABIDE BY THE BL BUT ALSO TO UP HOLD IT. EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE BL WHETHER THEY AGREED WITH IT OR NOT. LU ADDED THAT ''WE HOPE THAT NO ONE WOULD HAVE TO GET OFF THE TRAIN AND THAT EVERYONE COULD CROSS OVER. BUT THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE''
3. THE DELEGATION ALSO RAISED WITH LU THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE COMING TALKS. ACCORDING TO TA KUNG PAO, SOME MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION QUOTED LU AS SAYING THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE TALKS WOULD BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. BUT SINCE THE QUESTION OF POLITICAL REFORM CONCERNED THE INTEREST OF SIX MILLION HONG KONG PEOPLE, THE CHINESE WOULD FULLY LISTEN TO THEIR VIEWS THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS. LU WAS REPORTED IN THE EXPRESS TO HAVE SAID THAT THE CHINESE WOULD CONSIDER MAKING A STATEMENT ON THE TALKS AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
4. HK DAILY NEWS REPORTED THAT LU HAD TOLD THE DELEGATION THAT THE CHINESE MIGHT RAISE THE QUESTION OF IMPLEMENTING NATIONALITY RESTRICTION FOR LEGCO MEMBERS AT THE TALKS.
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