UNCLASSIFIED
042533 MDLIAN 828
POLITICAL SYSTEM.
MR LU WAS ALSO. QUOTED AS SAYING THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING WAS FOR THE 1995 ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS TO CONVERGE WITH THE BL. ONLY WHEN THIS CONDITION WAS MET COULD TALKS PROCEED TO DEFINING THE CRITERIA OF WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO BE LEGISLATORS IN 1997.
LI LANQING
21.
CHINESE VICE PREMIER LI LANQING TOLD (1.5) A GENCHAM DELEGATION TO PEKING THAT HK PEOPLE HAD NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT HK'S FATE AFTER 1997. CHINA WOULD IMPLEMENT THE ''ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS'' CONCEPT IN HK AFTER 1997. THERE WAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND HK AND HK'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO CHINA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
PATTEN
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
72
MAIN
65
.HK POLICY
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS LEGAL ADVISERS//MR GILES NEWS D
NTCD
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
7
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO) CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF//MR SIBSON
PS NO 10.
NNNN
6
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