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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 496
OF 29100OZ MARCH 93
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HICC 024/1
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
121943
MDLIAN 3491
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CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT : CHINESE REACTION: PRESS REPORTS
CPPCC RESOLUTION
1. THE CPPCC RESOLUTION ON HONG KONG PASSED ON 27 MARCH ATTRACTED MUCH MEDIA INTEREST. OUR TRANSLATION OF THE FINAL TEXT OF THE SECTION ON HONG KONG IS AS FOLLOWS :
QUOTE THE CONFERENCE RESOLUTELY SUPPORTS THE SOLEMN POSITION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG. WE STRONGLY CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF THE BRITISH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES, AS SANCTIONED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, IN BREACHING OF FAITH AND PROMISES TO CREATE OBSTACLES TO THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT AND SMOOTH TRANSITION IN HONG KONG, AS WELL AS TO CREATE CHAOS. THE CONFERENCE FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS THE DETERMINATION AND ABILITY TO RESUME THE EXERCISE OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG. UNQUOTE
2.
ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, THE CPPCC MADE THE FOLLOWING THREE LAST-MINUTE CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE RESOLUTION:
(I)
THE WORK ATROCIOUS''
WAS DELETED.
ORIGINALLY PRECEDED ''ACTIONS''
(II) ''SMOOTH TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT' ''PROSPERITY AND STABILITY''.
ORIGINALLY READ
(III) THE ORIGINAL DRAFT HAD ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE'' AT THE END. IT WAS NOW DELETED.
3. CHEN ZIYING WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE TOO SENSITIVE ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS, ADDING THAT CHINA WOULD ABIDE BY THE JD AND BL. CPPCC HONG KONG DELEGATE TSANG YUK-SHING SUSPECTED THE DELETION OF ''ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE'' WAS TO MAKE IT MORE FLEXIBLE, BUT DID NOT IMPLY ANY POSSIBILITY OF AN EARLIER TAKEOVER OF HONG KONG BY CHINA.
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