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10. THE COMPLETION OF THE 14TH ROUND WAS WELL COVERED (22.10). A JOINT STATEMENT ANNOUNCED THE NEXT ROUND WOULD BE HELD THE FOLLOWING WEEK. MANY PAPERS NOTED THE TWO SIDES STILL HAD A SIGNIFICANT GAP. THE PAPERS QUOTED SIR ROBIN MCLAREN AS SAYING THE TWO SIDES HAD DETAILED DISCUSSIONS ON BOTH THE 1994 AND 1995 ELECTIONS. THEY HAD UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER ON SOME ISSUES, BUT THERE REMAINED A SIGNIFICANT GAP.
11. CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN WU JIANMIN SAID THE CHINESE SIDE BELIEVED THE KEY TO MOVE ON TO THE EXPRESSWAY WAS SINCERITY OF THE TWO SIDES IN UPHOLDING THE "THREE CONFORMITIES".
LU PING
12. LU PING WAS QUOTED AS SAYING (20.10) THE CHINESE SIDE HAD ACCEPTED A LOT OF VIEWS FROM THE BRITISH SIDE IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING THE BL. THEREFORE, THE PROBLEM COULD BE RESOLVED NOW BY ADHERING TO THE THREE CONFORMITIES. HE ALSO QUOTED QIAN QICHEN'S REMARKS THAT HK'S VALUE TO CHINA RESTED ON ITS ECONOMY. LU SAID HK WOULD LOSE ITS VALUE ONCE IT BECAME A POLITICAL CITY.
13. A NUMBER OF PAPERS NOTED (22.10) IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LU PING SAID THE TWO SIDES' MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN THE TALKS WERE OVER THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND THE ELECTION COMMITTEE. HE SAID IN DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS, AN AGREEMENT COULD ONLY BE REACHED THROUGH MUTUAL CONCESSIONS. HE STRESSED PEKING TRULY WANTED AN AGREEMENT AS THIS WOULD BE IN THE INTERESTS OF HK, CHINA AND BRITAIN. LU SAID THE BRITISH SIDE FELT THE THROUGH TRAIN SHOULD BE RESOLVED FIRST BEFORE TACKLING THE DETAILED ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1995, WHILE THE CHINESE SIDE BELIEVED IF THE 1994/95 ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE RESOLVED, THE THROUGH TRAIN WOULD NATURALLY FALL INTO PLACE. HE ALSO SAID CHINA DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE HK'S MODEL, SUCH AS PRESS FREEDOM, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND LAWS.
CHEN ZIYING
14. THE PAPERS IN GOOD COVERAGE (21.10) QUOTED HKMAO DEPUTY DIRECTOR CHEN ZIYANG AS SAYING AFTER ATTENDING AN EXHIBITION ON THE BL IN HK THAT ALTHOUGH THE BRITISH SIDE HAD REPEATEDLY SAID THEY WOULD COOPERATE WITH THE CHINESE SIDE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, THE IMPORTANT THING WAS WHETHER THEY HAD ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO ACTION. HE HOPED THE BRITISH SIDE WOULD HAVE HK'S INTERESTS AT HEART AND WOULD NOT CAUSE CHAOS IN HK. CHEN ALSO INDICATED LU PING
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