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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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INFO PRIORITY REKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PEKING TELNO 1391: LEGCO ADDRESS: CHINESE REACTION.
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IT IS STARTLING THAT THE ONLY CLAIM IN THE PEOPLE'S DAILY ARTICLE THAT MY PROPOSALS BREACH THE JOINT DECLARATION OR BASIC LAW IS ON PROCEDURAL GROUNDS. IT WOULD NOT BE TOO BAD IF THE EVENTUAL CHINESE POSITION IS AS STATED IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE ARTICLE, I.E. ''WHEN THE TIME COMES, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SAR AND RELEVANT BODIES WILL BE ESTABLISHED ACCORDING TO THE STIPULATIONS OF THE BASIC LAW AND THE RELEVANT DECISIONS OF THE NPC''.
2. ESSENTIALLY THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO THE CHINESE DECIDING TO LOOK AT THE 1997 LEGCO ARRANGEMENTS AGAIN IN 1996, BUT NOT ANNOUNCING NOW THAT THEY WILL BE DEFINITELY OVERTURNED, I.E. A RESPONSE RATHER LIKE THE ONE THEY MADE TO THE ENACTMENT OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
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