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9. ANOTHER COMMENTARY IN WEN WEI PO CLAIMED THAT IN HIS VISIT THE GOVERNOR HAD DONE NOTHING BUT TO ADVOCATE HIS PACKAGE OF 'THREE. VIOLATIONS', TO PROCLAIM THAT HONG KONG WAS AN INTERNATIONAL ASSET, TO PROMOTE THE THREE-LEGGED STOOL AND TO HIT OUT AT THE THROUGH TRAIN. THE COMMENTARY SAW ALL THESE AS ATTEMPTS TO GAIN INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT AND TO FROM AN ANTI-CHINA ALLIANCE TO CARRY OUT BRITAIN'S PLAN TO DECOLONISE HONG KONG AND TO POSE OBSTACLES
TO CHINA IN RESUMING SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG.
RAYMOND WU
10. HK AFFAIRS ADVISER RAYMOND WU DESCRIBED AS MISLEADING AND DISTORTING THE BASIC LAW THE GOVERNOR'S REMARKS THAT MEMBERS OF THE 1995 LEGCO SHOULD NOT BE ASKED TO GET OFF THE THROUGH TRAIN BECAUSE OF SOME SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA. WU SAID THAT THE BL PROVISIONS ON THE THROUGH TRAIN WERE NOT SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA.
PATTEN
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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.
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