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HONG KONG/GUANGDONG RELATIONS.
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THE GOVERNOR OF GUANGDONG ZHU SENLIN, AFTER THE OPENING OF THE 8TH GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, NOTED THE GROWING CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG. MR ZHU SIAD THE CURRENT SINO-BRITISH DISPUTE HAD NOT AFFECTED PRACTICAL CO- OPERATION BETWEEN GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG BUT HAD PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS. HE CONSIDERED THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS HAD AFFECTED HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. HE STRESSED THIS SITUATION SHOULD NOT CONTINUE AND HOPED THE GOVERNOR COULD CHANGE HIS ATTITUDE.
MEETING POINT
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REPORTS NOTED THREE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF MEETING POINT, LAU NAI-KEUNG, TSANG SHU-KEI AND WONG CHEUK-KI, FORMALLY SUBMITTED THEIR RESIGNATION AT A REGULAR MEETING BECAUSE THEY HELD DIFFERENT VIEWS FROM THE GROUP OVER THE GOVERNOR'S REFORMS AND THE CURRENT SINO-BRITISH DISPUTE. CHAIRMAN ANTHONY CHEUNG POINTED OUT THE RESIGNATIONS WOULD NOT AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE GROUP WHO WOULD CONTINUE TO UPHOLD DEMOCRACY WHILE SUPPORTING HONG KONG'S RETURN OF SOVEREIGNTY TO CHINA. MR CHEUNG ALSO BELIEVED THEIR RESIGNATIONS WOULD NOT AFFECT THE GROUP'S RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
PAY TV.
20. THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL QUOTED (3.2) NCNA OFFICIAL CHEN KE QIANG AS SAYING THE CHINESE SIDE HAD RECEIVED DOCUMENTS FROM THE BRITISH SIDE ON PAY TV AND THE JLG WOULD DISCUSS THE ISSUE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
HONG KONG AFFAIRS ADVISORS.
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SOME PAPERS QUOTED (3.2) NCNA VICE DIRECTOR QIN WENJIN AS SAYING THE SECOND BATCH OF THE HONG KONG AFFAIRS ADVISERS WOULD BE ANNOUNCED NEXT MONTH AROUND THE NPC MEETING. THE NUMBER IN THIS BATCH MIGHT BE MORE THAN 44 IN THE FIRST ONE. SING TAO NOTED ADBL'S FREDERICK FUNG AND MEETING POINT'S ANTHONY CHEUNG WHO HAD BEEN REPORTED AS LIKELY TO BE APPOINTED HAD INDICATED THEY HAD NEITHER BEEN CONTACTED NOR INFORMED.
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THE MEDIA REPORTED (5.2) CHINESE PRESIDENT YANG SHANG KUN,
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