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MY TELNO 1714: APPOINTMENT OF EXCO MEMBERS
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1 A COMMENTARY IN THE LEFT WING WEN WEI PO TODAY (1 JULY) NOTED THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD ISSUED ON 25 JUNE A
CLARIFICATION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON 3 JUNE. IN THIS CLARIFICATION, THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S REMARKS THAT BRITAIN WOULD CONSULT CHINA ON THE APPOINTMENT OF EXCO MEMBERS IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN MISSING (SIC). THE WRITER SAID THAT THIS BELATED CLARIFICATION HAD ONLY BORNE OUT THE INTENTIONS OF BRITAIN MORE CLEARLY. IT WAS PART OF THE BRITISH STRATEGY TO FORCE CHINA TO INDICATE ITS STAND ON THE FUNDING PACKAGE FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AND THEN LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON CHINA OVER THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN HONG KONG.
2. COMMENT. A PRETTY EXTREME DREDGING OPERATION LOOKING FOR SINS BY OMISSION AS WELL AS COMMISSION.
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