HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS
CHINESE REACTIONS TO GAZETTING/TABLING OF LEGISLATION
STATEMENTS BY CHINESE SPOKESMEN
1.12 Lu Ping (to Hong Kong Alliance Delegation
2.12
3.12
"The Chinese Government can maintain Hong Kong's economic development and social stability and bring about a smooth transition. They are not just looking a few decades ahead but a hundred years ahead. They are duty-bound to ensure that Hong Kong after 1997 is a stable and prosperous Hong Kong."
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman
"If the talks do break down then the responsibility lies entirely with the British side. If such a scenario were to occur then Sino-British relations would be bound to be affected. We do not wish to see this and the British side should be held responsible. As for the impact on Hong Kong, the Government and people of China firmly believe that no matter what happens we have the confidence and ability to assume the administration of Hong Kong on time and to implement the policy of one country two systems and Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong;
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"On economic cooperation, the economic relationship between China and Britain is part of the overall
Sino-British relationship which is now affected because of the question of Hong Kong. Therefore the economic relationship between the two countries is bound to be affected. "1
State Council Hong Kong Macau Affairs Office Spokesman
"The British Hong Kong Authorities have declared that they plan to gazette and table in LegCo the 'partial constitutional legislation' in the absence of agreement between the two sides. In these circumstances, as the Chinese side have said from the start, this means that the British side have unilaterally and ultimately terminated the Sino-British talks. So long as the British and Chinese sides have not reached agreement on the 1994/1995 electoral arrangements, the Chinese side cannot accept any electoral legislation passed by the Legislative Council, and after 1997 will set up a "separate stove" in accordance with Basic Law."
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