UNCLASSIFIED
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MDLIAN 4841
18.
LU PING'S MEETING WITH THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC FOUNDATION IN MACAU (14.5) WAS ACCORDING GOOD COVERAGE. ACCORDING TO LDF CHAIRMAN F K HU, MR LU TOLD LDF THE CHINESE WERE STILL GATHERING VIEWS FROM HONG KONG ON THE 1994.95 ELECTIONS. ON THE NEW AIRPORT MR LU WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID HE HOPED THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE COULD RECONVENE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOU. THE LDF MEMBERS SAID THAT MR LU HAD INDICATED THE CHINESE WERE VERY SINCERE ABOUT RESUMING AC MEETINGS.
19. PRESS REPORTS WIDELY QUOTED (17.5) LU PING AS SAYING DURING HIS VISIT TO MACAU THE JLG HAD TO MEET SOONER OR LATER BUT THE DATE WAS NOT YET CERTAIN AT PRESENT.
IN MEETING A DELEGATION OF DB MEMBERS IN PEKING (20.5) LU PING SAID THAT THE CHINESE POSITION ON THE TALKS ON THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS HAD NEVER CHANGED: THEY HAD TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE BASIS OF THE THREE COMPLIANCES. MR LU SAID HE HOPED PROGRESS COULD BE MADE IN THIS AND SUBSEQUENT ROUNDS SO THAT PROBLEMS COULD BE RESOLVED EARLY. IN REPLY TO PRESS QUESTIONS ON WHETHER THE TALKS WOULD COVER THE SUBJECT OF THROUGH TRAIN, MR LU SAID THE BL HAD MADE CLEAR PROVISIONS ON THIS SUBJECT. THERE WAS NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT. THE NPC DECISION ON THE FIRST SAR GOVERNMENT AND FIRST LEGISLATURE, HAVING PASSED BY THE NPC, WAS LEGALLY BINDING: NOT EVEN A WORD COULD BE CHANGED.
WANG QIREN.
21.
THE PRESS REPORTED (12.5) REMARKS BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HKMAO STATE COUNCIL, WANG QIREN, WHEN MEETING A HONG KONG DELEGATION. WITHOUT NAMING THE GOVERNOR, WANG CRITICISED HIM FOR MAKING REMARKS OVERSEAS RECENTLY THAT WERE NOT IN LINE WITH THE THREE COMPLIANCES. WANG URGED BOTH SIDES TO MAINTAIN A GOOD ATMOSPHERE BEFORE THE THIRD ROUND OF SINO-BRITISH TALKS. ON THE NEW AIRPORT, WANG SAID CHINA'S STAND HAD BEEN VERY CLEAR. IT SUPPORTED THE BUILDING OF A NEW AIRPORT THAT WAS COST-EFFECTIVE AND IN LINE WITH THE MOU. SOME REPORTS NOTED THAT WANG HAD REITERATED THE BL PROVISIONS ON THE THROUGH TRAIN.
END OF PART ONE.
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