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TO PRIORITY FCO
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OF 160455Z OCTOBER 92
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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LEGCO ADDRESS: CHINESE REACTION 16 OCTOBER
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MORE THAN 30 HK DELEGATES TO THE NPC AND CPPCC CRITICISED, AT A FORUM ORGANISED BY NCNA HK BRANCH YESTERDAY, MY CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS AS BEING INCONSISTENT WITH THE BL AND JD AND IGNORING THE NEED FOR A SMOOTH TRANSITION. THE DELEGATES ACCUSED ME OF MAKING USE OF SOME GREY AREAS IN THE BL AND URGED PEKING NOT TO COMPROMISE ON THE PACKAGE. THEY SUGGESTED THE SETTING UP OF A SPECIAL BODY IN 1993 TO STUDY THE SETTING UP OF THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE IF MY PROPOSALS WENT AHEAD.
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SCMP REPORTED THAT NCNA HK BRANCH VICE-DIRECTOR ZHANG JUNSHENG HAD TOLD LOCAL DELEGATES TO THE NPC AND CPPCC THAT LU PING HAD SINGLED OUT THE PROPOSED GOVERNMENT LEGCO COMMITTEE AS PARTICULARLY OBJECTIONABLE AS IT WOULD BE A DE FACTO EXCO AND COMPRISE ALL THE UDHK LEGISLATORS. (ZHANG APPARENTLY REVEALED TO THEM LU PING'S MESSAGE TO ME OF 3 OCTOBER).
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CHINESE LEGAL EXPERTS XIAO WEIYUN AND XU CHONGDE WERE QUOTED BY SOME PAPERS AS SAYING THAT MY PROPOSAL TO EXPAND THE FRANCHISE OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WOULD BE AGAINST ITS ORIGINAL CONCEPT TO ALLOW PARTICIPATION BY PROFESSIONALS AND PEOPLE IN THE TRADES AND THAT MY PROPOSAL ON THE ELECTION COMMITTEE WOULD BE
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4. THE LEFT-WING PRESS CONTINUED TO LASH OUT AT MY POLITICAL BLUEPRINT. NO NEW ARGUMENTS WERE HOWEVER PUT FORWARD. WEN WEI PO IN ITS EDITORIAL ACCUSED ME OF NOT RESPECTING THE RULE OF LAW AND CREATING UNCERTAINTY AND IMBALANCE IN SOCIETY. IT SAID OVERHAULING THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES ELECTIONS WOULD FOMENT CONFUSION IT THE TERRITORY. IN ANOTHER COMMENTARY, THE PAPER SAID THAT MY PROPOSED ELECTION COMMITTEE WAS NOT REPRESENTATIVE AS IT WAS ONLY MADE UP OF DIRECTLY ELECTED DB MEMBERS BUT NOT A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
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TA KUNG PAO WAS WORRIED THAT UNDER ME LEADERSHIP GENTLEMAN'S
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