UNCLASSIFIED
053532
MDLIAN 4817
WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTY
31.
THE EXPRESS NOTED (12.7) PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE MEMBER RITA FAN AND LEGISLATOR PEGGY LAM HAD FORMED A WOMEN'S GROUP LAST MONTH, WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF MEMBERS WITH PRO-CHINA BACKGROUND. THE PAPER QUOTED SOURCES AS SAYING NCNA HAD HELPED PROMOTE THIS GROUP BEHIND THE SCENE WITH A VIEW TO TURNING IT INTO A WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTY IN TIME FOR THE 1995 ELECTIONS.
PATTEN
YYYY
MAIN
65
DISTRIBUTION
72
.HK POLICY
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS LEGAL ADVISERS//MR GILES NEWS D
NTCD
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO) CAOFF //MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF//MR SIBSON
PS NO 10.
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