SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1994
CS CLARIFIES BASIS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS
LEGISLATIVE
TALKS, HAD
THE GOVERNMENT COUNCIL BEFORE SECRETARY, MRS
AT NO STAGE EITHER BEFORE THE TALKS OR DURING THE THE BRITISH SIDE ACCEPTED THE CHINESE POSITION THAT COULD NOT PUT DRAFT LEGISLATION TO THE REACHING ANY AGREEMENT WITH THE CHINESE, THE ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
CHIEF
THE
COMMENTING ON YESTERDAY'S REMARKS BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CHAN NCNA AFTER SHE OPENED THE ICAC 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, MRS
THE TALKS WERE SAID: "FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE BASIS FOR THREE, I.E. THAT WE WOULD CONDUCT THESE TALKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
CONVERGENCE JOINT DECLARATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF
AND UNDERSTANDING WITH THE BASIC LAW AND ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
THE
WITH AGREEMENT "WE ALSO MADE CLEAR THAT IF WE REACHED
WOULD BE PREPARED TO CHINESE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, THEN WE RECOMMEND THE AGREED PACKAGE TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
"AT NO STAGE EITHER BEFORE THE TALKS OR DURING THE TALKS, WE ACCEPT THE CHINESE POSITION THAT WE COULD NOT PUT DRAFT LEGISLATION TO THE
COUNCIL BEFORE AGREEMENT WAS LEGISLATIVE
DID
REACHED WITH
THE
CHINESE."
CHINA,
MRS
HAVE
IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT CO-OPERATION WITH CHAN SAID: "I WOULD STRESS THAT WE SEE MANY AREAS IN WHICH WE DO
TO SEE THIS CO- CO-OPERATION WITH THE CHINESE AND WE WOULD WISH OPERATION CONTINUE AND, INDEED, STRENGTHENED.
FULLY COMMITTED TO
AFTER
"THE CHINESE HAVE SAID THAT THEY REMAIN MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY BOTH NOW AND 1997 AND THEY CAN BE ASSURED OF OUR FULL CO-OPERATION ON THIS FRONT."
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