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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
HONG KONG: PREPARATORY WORK COMMITTEE: BRIEFING BY JIANG ENZHU, 28 JUNE
SUMMARY
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JIANG PROVIDES MINIMAL BRIEFING ON ESTABLISHMENT OF PREPARATORY WORK COMMITTEE FOR THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE. PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON NON-INTERFERENCE WITH WORK OF JLG AND BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG, WHILE DECLINING TO CALL THEM ''ASSURANCES' ON GROUNDS THAT THE ORGAN'S ESTABLISHMENT IS AN INTERNAL MATTER.
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2. I CALLED ON JIANG ENZHU AT HIS REQUEST ON 28 JUNE TO RECEIVE HIS BRIEFING ON THE NPC'S DISCUSSIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PREPARATORY WORK ORGAN FOR THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE HKSAR (PWC/PC). HE READ FROM A PREPARED SPEAKING NOTE AS FOLLOWS (INTERPRETER'S TRANSLATION):
''IN MARCH 1993 THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTH NPC ADOPTED A DECISION AUTHORISING THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE (NPC S/C) TO ESTABLISH A WORK ORGAN TO PREPARE FOR THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE HKSAR. THE DECISION POINTS OUT THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS ON ESTABLISHING A PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ADOPTED AT THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE NPC, AND CONSIDERING THE APPROACH OF THE TIME WHEN CHINA WILL RESUME SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG WHICH REQUIRES A LOT OF PREPARATION, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO AUTHORISE THE NPC S/C TO ESTABLISH A PWC/PC TO MAKE THE NECESSARY PREPARATIONS. THE SECOND SESSION OF THE NPC S/C HAS THUS PLACED ON ITS AGENDA THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH A PWC/PC. THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS PWC/PC WILL BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY.
''THE PWC/PC WILL BE ONE OF THE SPECIALISED WORKING AGENCIES OF THE NPC S/C. ITS MANDATE, PENDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE HKSAR, IS TO MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS FOR CHINA'S RESUMPTION OF THE EXERCISE OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG IN 1997, AND FOR A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT.
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