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BECAUSE THE ISSUES WERE VERY COMPLICATED, BOTH SIDES WOULD REQUIRE MORE TIME. THE CHINESE SIDE EXPECTED THAT CONCRETE RESULTS WOULD ONLY BE ACHIEVED TOWARDS THE ENDS OF THIS YEAR. ATV CARRIED A SIMILAR REPORT LAST (25 MAY) EVENING.
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10. SCM POST QUOTED CHINESE SOURCES AS SAYING THAT THE TWO SIDES HAD COME CLOSER ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE THREE COMPLIANCES DURING THE THIRD ROUND. BUT THE CHINESE HAD NOT PUT FORWARD A WHOLE PACKAGE OF CONCRETE PROPOSALS FOR 1994/ 95. THE SOURCES ADDED THAT THE BRITISH SHOULD STOP USING THE THROUGH TRAIN ISSUE TO 'BLOCK NORMAL PROCEEDINGS.
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ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS SAID THAT THERE WERE SIGNS THAT THE BRITISH WERE NO LONGER INSISTING ON A COMPLETE THROUGH TRAIN. THE REPORT NOTED THAT A SOURCE PARTICIPATING IN THE TALKS HAD SAID THAT THE TALKS WERE HELD ON THE BASIS OF THE BL, THEREFORE THE BRITISH SIDE WOULD NOT TRANSGRESS NOR VETO THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE'S POWER AS ENDORSED BY THE BL. HOWEVER, THE BRITISH FELT THAT THE SYSTEM OF CONFIRMATION HAD TO BE NORMAL AND UNBIASED.
ZHANG JUNSHENG.
12. THE PAPERS NOTED THAT NCNA VICE DIRECTOR ZHANG JUNSHENG HAD DECLINED TO COMMENT ON WHETHER THE QUESTION OF THROUGH TRAIN HAD BEEN RAISED IN THE TALKS, SAYING THAT THE TALKS WERE
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEW AIRPORT.
13. HEAD OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF NCNA, CHEN RONGCHUN, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT HE HAD NOT HEARD THAT THE JLG AND AIRPORT COMMITTEE WOULD RESUME MEETINGS IN JUNE. HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD ADOPT A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS ANYTHING THAT WAS GOOD TO HONG KONG'S SMOOTH TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT. CHEN REFUSED TO SAY WHETHER THE CHINESE SIDE HAD RECEIVED NEW FINANCING PROPOSALS FROM THE BRITISH SIDE.
LEFT-WING COMMENTARIES.
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WEN WEI PO SAID IN ITS EDITORIAL THAT THE CHINESE SIDE'S RECENT CONSENT TO THE THREE MAJOR FRANCHISES SHOWED THAT THEY WERE HOLDING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS HONG KONG AND WERE READY TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE BRITISH ON ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THE
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