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LAND TO THE WEST OF THE PRINCE OF WALES BUILDING. THE HKG HOPED IT COULD BECOME PART OF THE CENTRAL/WANCHAI RECLAMATION PROJECT WHILE THE CHINESE SIDE WANTED THE SITE TO BE HANDED OVER TO THEM TOGETHER WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES BUILDING. THE SOURCES ADDED THE BRITISH SIDE WERE OF THE VIEW THAT ALL MILITARY SITES HANDED OVER TO THE CHINESE SIDE SHOULD BE USED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES IN FUTURE AND THE
SITES SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE SARG IF THE LAND USE CHANGED.
14. THE SCMP (4.9) QUOTED SOURCES AS SAYING CHINA HAD INSISTED THE PRINCE OF WALES BUILDING BARRACKS SITE, INCLUDNG AN ADJACENT PIECE OF LAND, BE HANDED OVER TO THE PLA. THE PAPER NOTED THE ADJACENT SITE WAS ONE OF THE STICKING POINTS. THE PAPER ALSO QUOTED THE MIRROR MAGAZINE AS SAYING THAT THE SIZE OF PLA DEPLOYMENT IN THE SAR SHOULD BE AROUND 7,000.
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15. THE PAPERS QUOTED (2.9) NCNA HK BRANCH DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN AS SAYING HK PEOPLE COULD EXPRESS THEIR VIEW BY CONTACTING THE PWC LIAISON OFFICE IN HK AS WELL AS THROUGH NPC, CPPCC DELEGATES AND THE HK AFFAIRS ADVISERS. TVB QUOTED PWC DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL
QIN WENJU AS CONFIRMING (2.9) A SECRETARIAT OFFICE OF THE PWC HAD BEEN SET UP IN CHINA WORLD HOTEL, PEKING. BUT THE LOCATION OF THE HK OFFICE HAD NOT BEEN DECIDED.
16. PCW'S POLITICAL SUB-GROUP MEETING WAS PROMINENTLY COVERED (3.9) WITH PAPERS QUOTING CO-CONVENOR LEUNG CHUNYING AS SAYING AFTER THE MEETING THAT THE SUB-GROUP WOULD FIRST DISCUSS EXCO-LEGCO RELATIONS AND THE STABILITY AND CONVERGENCE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE. THE PRIORITY OF THE OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS IN ITS WORK PLAN WOULD BE DECIDED FLEXIBLY. THE GROUP'S MEMBERS NOTED SINCE 1984 WHEN THE HKG INTRODUCED DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THERE WERE INDICATIONS OF DEVIATIONS FROM THE EXECUTIVE-LED SYSTEM. THE TRANSFER OF POWER TO LEGCO BECAME MORE OBVIOUS SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR. THE PAPERS NOTED THE ECONOMIC SUB-GROUP WOULD DISCUSS A WORK PLAN FOR MATTERS SUCH AS THE NEW AIRPORT, LAND FUND, MONETARY SYSTEM, RELATIONS BETWEEN RMB AND HK DOLLAR AND HK'S BUDGET ESTIMATES.
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