05-JAN-1993
15:37
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BR
+ 852 840 1976 P.07
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Q.
But the war is being waged ?
A.
battleground)
This is not at our initiative. This open argument was not at our instigation. The choice of Hong Kong as (a is not ours. This is a British choice,
isn't it? You know that before Patten's annual address, I sent him a letter, the main point being we did not want an open argument over this issue. But Patten did not accept our advice. I said in the letter should the British side want an open argument,
we could only join in. So the use of Hong Kong as a diplomatic battleground is neither our choice nor our
wish.
Q.
A.
You have reiterated that this is a diplomatic fraud. If it were a fraud, why is China so gullible after so many years of dealing with the British?
we
I said it is a fraud, but did we dance entirely to the British tune? You could see that although we've made changes accordingly in the Basic Law on the methods of
setting up the
first SAR Government and legislature, intentionally added one provision that states that the future through train is not an unconditional one. It is conditional, the first being that the composition of the final legislature has to comply
with the Basic Law.
Second, legislators have to
uphold the Basic Law. Third, members have to be
confirmed by the Preparatory Committee. So this is a
conditional
convergence.
convergence.
This is the model for ful1
If not, according to the provisions, we
have to build a new stove.