REMARKS IN 1982 TỎ MRS. THATCHER, THE ARTICLE REITERATED THEY STILL HAD PRACTICAL MEANING TODAY.
5. THE GOVERNOR'S INTERVIEW WITH ATV WAS PICKED UP BY THE PAPERS (11.10). THE GOVERNOR REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THE 1995 ELECTIONS TO BE FAIR, OPEN AND ACCEPTABLE TO HK PEOPLE. HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING SHOULD THE TALKS FAIL TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT, THERE WOULD BE FOUR OPTIONS IN SUBMITTING HIS PROPOSALS TO LEGCO: HIS ORIGINAL PACKAGE: AN AMENDED VERSION: A COMBINATION OF BOTH HIS ORIGINAL AND AMENDED PROPOSALS: AND A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VERSION. THE GOVERNOR NOTED THE CHANCE OF THE LAST OPTION WAS SLIM.
6. PROMINENT COVERAGE WAS ACCORDED TO THE OPENING REMARKS BY THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES AT THE 13TH ROUND OF TALKS (12.10) JIANG ENZHU WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THE TALKS WERE AT CROSSROADS AND FACED TWO POSSIBLE OUTCOMES: REACHING AN AGREEMENT OR NOT REACHING AN AGREEMENT. HE SAID IF AN AGREEMENT COULD NOT BE REACHED THERE WAS
'NO BIG DEAL'. JIANG SAID CHINA HAD ALWAYS TAKEN A POSITIVE, SERIOUS AND RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE TALKS AND HOPED THAT AGREEMENT WOULD BE REACHED. THE KEY TO SUCCESS WAS WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS WILLINGNESS TO ACT STRICTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 'THREE CONFORMITIES'.
7. SIR ROBIN MCLAREN SAID (12.10) WHILE THE TALKS WERE AT
'CROSSROADS' THE BRITISH SIDE WERE DETERMINED TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ACHIEVE A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME. IF THE POLITICAL WILL WAS THERE ON BOTH SIDES, IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS WHICH WOULD BE OPEN, FAIR AND ACCEPTABLE IN HK. ON 'THE THREE PRINCIPLES', SIR ROBIN SAID THERE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A DIFFERENCE OF VIEW BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES BUT THE BRITISH SIDE MAINTAINED BOTH THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AND FURTHER ONES WERE IN FULL CONFORMITY WITH THE THREE PRINCIPLES.
8. PAPERS ACCORDED GOOD COVERAGE (12.10) TO A MONTHLY MEETING OF 21 NPC HK DELEGATES. MOST NOTED THE CONVENOR OF THE GROUP AND ASSISTANT TO NCNA HK BRANCH DIRECTOR LEE WAI-TING WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THE DELEGATES CONSIDERED AS THE BRITISH HAD CONTINUED TO CONTRAVENE THE THREE PRINCIPLES, THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT SHOULD REST WITH THE BRITISH SIDE. LEE ALLEGED THE GOVERNOR HAD NO RIGHT TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE TALKS WHICH SHOULD BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS.
9. THE GOVERNOR SAID (13.10) HE WAS DISAPPOINTED BY THE SURPRISING REMARK BY JIANG ENZHU THAT THE FUTURE OF THE TALKS WOULD BE 'NO BIG DEAL'. THE GOVERNOR SAID THE BRITISH SIDE WERE TRYING VERY HARD TO REACH AN AGREEMENT.
10. PAPERS NOTED (13.10) THE 13TH ROUND OF TALKS CONCLUDED WITH LITTLE PROGRESS AND THE 14TH ROUND WOULD TAKE PLACE THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
11. REFERRING TO THE REMARKS BY LU PING THAT COOPERATION ON ECONOMIC MATTERS WOULD BE UNDERMINED IF THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE WAS SUBMITTED TO LEGCO, THE GOVERNOR SAID (14.10) THIS SORT OF THREAT
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