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NOTED THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME MR ZHU HAD CRITICISED THE GOVERNOR'S REFORMS. MR ZHU INDICATED GUANGDONG SUPPORTED THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S STAND ON THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE.
CIVIL SERVANTS
17. REPORTS NOTED (9.2) NCNA HK BRANCH DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN AND HIS DEPUTY QIN WENJUN GAVE ASSURANCES TO CIVIL SERVANTS WHO WERE REQUIRED TO PROMOTE THE GOVERNOR'S REFORMS THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE PENALISED AFTER 1997. MR ZHOU WAS QUOTED AS SAYING HE HOPED THE MAJORITY OF CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD STAY AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE SARG AFTER 1997. MR QIN SAID HE HOPED CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD PUT THEIR HEARTS AT EASE TO WORK FOR HK. THE BL STATED VERY CLEARLY THAT CHINA WOULD NOT PENALISE THOSE WHO PROMOTED THE GOVERNOR'S
PACKAGE.
VISIT BY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ASIA
18. THE VISIT BY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ASIA, CHRISTOPHER HUM AND MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WERE NOTED (6.2). SOME NOTED MR HUM'S REMARKS THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE HAD THE FULL BACKING OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
HONORARY CITIZENS OF GUANGDONG
19. PAPERS NOTED (6.2) THAT 49 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 40 HK PEOPLE, WERE MADE HONORARY CITIZENS OF GUANGDONG'' IN A CEREMONY IN SHENZHEN. IT WAS NOTED HK BUSINESSMAN LI KA-SHING AND CHENG YU TUNG WERE ON THE LIST AND THE CHINESE PRESIDENT YANG SHANGKUN WAS GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE CEREMONY.
SURVEYS
20. REPORTS NOTED A SURVEY BY A CHRISTIAN WEEKLY MAGAZINE CONDUCTED BETWEEN 3 - 15 JANUARY COVERING 270 RESPONDENTS. RESULTS SHOWED OVER 90 PER CENT SUPPORTED THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE. THOSE OPPOSED ONLY COMPRISED 2.6 PER CENT.
21. A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY HK UNIVERSITY'S SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTRE ON BEHALF OF TVB SHOWED THOSE SUPPORTING THE PACKAGE WAS 11 PER CENT POINT HIGHER THAN THOSE OPPOSING IT.
IN COMPARISON WITH THE PREVIOUS SURVEY, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 6 PER CENT IN THOSE SAYING LEGCO SHOULD AMEND THE PACKAGE BEFORE PASSING IT. NO SAMPLE SIZE WAS MENTIONED.
22. A SUNDAY POST SURVEY FOUND MORE THAN HALF OF THE 432 RESPONDENTS WERE UNABLE TO NAME ANY OF THE 28 HK NPC DEPUTIES. 76 PER CENT BELIEVED THE DEPUTIES DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH CONTACT WITH
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