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MEMBERS WERE CAPITALISTS AND THE REST WERE ALL PRO-CHINA POLITICAL FIGURES. ALSO, 27 OUT OF THE 30 HK MEMBERS WERE HK AFFAIRS ADVISERS. THE PAPER COMMENTED THAT THE WORKING COMMITTEE WAS A STEP BACKWARD WHEN COMPARED WITH THE BLDC WHICH INCLUDED SOME MEMBERS WHO HELD POLITICAL VIEWS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF THE PRC. THE PAPER REGRETTED THAT DISTINGUISHED PERSONS IN HK SUCH AS LIBERALS AND OPEN-MINDED ACADEMICS WERE NOT INVITED TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE. CHINA WAS CRITICISED FOR NOT CONSULTING HK PEOPLE ON MEMBERSHIP.
9. ON THE ROLE OF THE WORKING COMMITTEE, THE EXPRESS CONSIDERED ITS ESTABLISHMENT A CHINESE STRATEGY RELATED TO THE POLITICAL TALKS: IT WOULD ENABLE THE CHINESE TO LAUNCH AN OFFENSIVE IF THERE
THE WERE TO BE RADICAL POLITICAL CHANGES IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD. PAPER SUSPECTED THAT THE WORKING COMMITTEE WOULD BE THE FORERUNNER OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE AND ITS MEMBERS WOULD FORM THE BASIS OF FUTURE ADMINISTRATORS. THE PAPER HOPED THAT THE WORKING COMMITTEE WOULD ONLY BE INVOLVED WITH PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE PC AND WOULD COMPLETE ITS TASKS A.S.A.P.
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10. UKREP JLG WAS QUOTED TO HAVE SAID AFTER THE SECOND DAY OF JLG XXVI THAT THE ATMOSPHERE WAS GOOD AND THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO HOLD MORE MEETINGS BECAUSE OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF ISSUES WHICH REQUIRED DISCUSSION.
11. MING PAO UNDERSTOOD THAT CT9 WAS DISCUSSED ON 22 JUNE. CHINESE SOURCES WERE QUOTED AS SAYING THAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE BRITISH SIDE HAD FORMALLY EXPLAINED THE FRANCHISE TO THE CHINESE SIDE. THE CHINESE WOULD NEED MORE TIME TO STUDY THE ISSUE
THE AND IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT IN JLG XXVI. HK ECONOMIC TIME SAID THAT THERE WERE DIFFERENCES IN OPINIONS AMONG THE CHINESE CONCERNING THE CT9 PROJECT. SOME WERE OF THE OPINION THAT IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE TO GIVE AGREEMENT WHILE THE POLITICAL TALKS WERE AT A STALEMATE.
12. SEVERAL PAPERS PICKED UP AN RTHK REPORT WHICH SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD SOON SPELL OUT CLEARLY THE TYPES OF CONTRACTS AND FRANCHISES STRADDLING 1997 THAT HAD TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE JLG. QUOTING SOURCES, THE REPORT SAID THAT CONSULTATIONS WOULD BE NECESSARY ON AGREEMENTS WHICH WOULD IMPOSE FINANCIAL LIABILITY ON THE SAR, CAPITAL CHANGES IN MAJOR PUBLIC COMPANIES AND IMPORTANT CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. THE REPORT SAID THAT THE ISSUE OF CT9 HAD TO BE STUDIED AND WOULD NOT BE ENDORSED WITHIN A SHORT
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