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OPERATION ON THE BASIS OF THE JD AND HOLD A PRAGMATIC ATTITUDE IN RESOLVING HK ISSUES INCLUDING THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS, ARRANGEMENTS WHICH COULD MEET THE INTERESTS OF VARIOUS PARTIES AND THE WISHES OF HK PEOPLE COULD CERTAINLY BE WORKED OUT.
26. MR SUN YANHENG GAVE A PRESS BRIEFING ON THE OUTCOME OF THE RECENT LC MEETING (13.5). MR SUN SAID CT9 WAS NOT A QUESTION OF LAND GRANT, BUT INVOLVED COMPLEX MATTERS WHICH HAD TO BE DISCUSSED BY THE JLG. IF AGREEMENT COULD BE REACHED IN THE JLG, BOTH SIDES COULD FURTHER EXCHANGE VIEWS IN THE LC. ASKED WHY THE CHINESE HAD AGREED TO THE LAND GRANT LAST YEAR, MR SUN REPLIED THE CHINESE SIDE HAD TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AT THE TIME THE IMPORTANCE OF CT9 TO HK. HE ALSO STRESSED THE CHINESE SIDE HOPED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ON THE LAND FOR THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT, MR SUN SAID SINCE THE MATTER WAS INTERLOCKED WITH THE FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS, THE LAND ALLOCATION FOR THE PROJECT COULD NOT BE SINGLED OUT FOR DISCUSSION. THE MATTER HAD TO BE DISCUSSED BY THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE.
THROUGH TRAIN
27. AN ARTICLE IN THE MAY ISSUE OF THE MIRROR MAGAZINE CONTENDED THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE ORIGINALLY AIMED AT REJECTING A THROUGH TRAIN. AS NO HEADWAY WAS MADE IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, THE POLICY HAD BEEN CHANGED FROM NON-CONVERGENCE TO ADVOCATING AN UNCONDITIONAL THROUGH TRAIN. THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO SCRAP THE BL PROVISIONS FOR THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE ELIGIBILITY OF LEGCO MEMBERS. ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, THE CHINESE HAD NO INTENTION TO ASK EVERYONE TO GET OFF THE TRAIN. THEY WANTED ONLY TWO PERSONS WHO HAD SO FAR REFUSED TO ADMIT THEIR WRONGS TO GET OFF. THE ARTICLE SAID THE BRITISH SHOULD CHANGE THEIR TACTICS, GIVE UP THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE AND SEEK CONVERGENCE WITH THE BL. THE MOST THE BRITISH COULD DO WAS TO SEEK MORE CONCRETE CRITERIA FOR THE 'TICKET INSPECTION SYSTEM' FOR THE THROUGH TRAIN.
28. WEN WEI PO CARRIED (15.5) AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FORMER BL DRAFTER WU JIANFAN, IN WHICH HE STRESSED THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN THE BL FOR TICKET INSPECTION FOR THE THROUGH TRAIN WERE ALL OBJECTIVE CRITERIA.
LADY THATCHER
29. LADY THATCHER'S ONE-HOUR MEETING WITH ZHOU NAN WAS GIVEN GOOD COVERAGE (14.5). LADY THATCHER WAS QUOTED AS SPEAKING AFTER THE MEETING THAT SHE HAD EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH MR ZHOU, BOTH WERE
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