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CONCEDE ON THE 94/95 ELECTIONS IN RETURN FOR AN EXTENSION OF

BRITISH INFLUENCE IN HK AFTER 1997.

4.

THE LEFT-WING COMMENTARIES CONTINUED TO REPLAY CRITICISMS ON

THE GOVERNOR FOR INSISTING ON THE THREE VIOLATIONS AND FOR

ADVOCATING A TOUGH STANCE IN HIS FORTHCOMING TRIP TO LONDON. HK COMMERCIAL DAILY BELIEVED THAT THE GOVERNOR'S BLUFFING TACTICS OF DELIBERATELY DISCLOSING THAT BRITAIN WOULD SET A DEADLINE FOR THE

TALKS HAD BACKFIRED ON HIMSELF: THE CHINESE HAD IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED BY NOT FIXING A DATE FOR THE NEXT JLG.

LU PING

5. ON RETURN FROM PEKING, MEETING POINT CHAIRMAN ANTHONY CHEUNG

QUOTED LU PING AS SAYING THAT SOME PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE AT THE

POLITICAL TALKS. ACCORDING TO CHEUNG, LU PING AGREED TO THE IDEA OF POLITICAL APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS IN THE SARG AS THE GOVERNMENT WOULD FACE INCREASING WORKLOAD AND POLITICAL PRESSURES. ON THE PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE, LU REPORTEDLY SAID THAT MEMBERSHIP COULD BE EXPANDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEED. LU PING WAS ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE EXPRESSED OBJECTION TO DEMOCRATISATION IN HK

AT TOO QUICK A PACE AND SAID THAT THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS TO THE STATUS OF LEGCO WHICH WAS ONLY AN ADVISORY BODY TO THE GOVERNOR. ON MEETING POINT'S PROPOSAL THAT HK DELEGATES TO THE NPC SHOULD BE ELECTED IN 1996, NPC VICE-CHAIRMAN WANG HANBIN SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HAD NOT FORMALLY CONSIDERED THIS ISSUE YET.

PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE

6. TA KUNG PAO AND WEN WEI PO QUOTED NCNA DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN AS

SAYING THAT THE NPC/SC WOULD VOTE ON THE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON THE

SETTING UP AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORKING COMMITTEE ON 2 JULY.

AIRPORT

7. AN UNNAMED CHINESE OFFICIAL TOLD MING PAO ON 28 JUNE THAT IF THE BRITISH SIDE WOULD MAKE ''POSITIVE MOVES'' ON THE FINANCING

PACKAGE OF THE NEW AIRPORT AT THE NEXT AC MEETING, THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD MAKE A RECIPROCAL MOVE BY AGREEING TO THE CENTRAL/WANCHAI RECLAMATION PROJECT. ELABORATING ON WHAT WAS MEANT BY ''POSITIVE MOVE'' THE CHINESE OFFICIAL SAID THAT THE BRITISH SIDE SHOULD

FURTHER AMEND THE FINANCING PACKAGE ACCORDING TO CHINESE VIEWS IN

THE DIRECTION OF LOWERING COSTS AND INCREASING EQUITY INJECTION.

PRO-CHINA AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HO KING-ON AND

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