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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12,

1988

GOOD PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING JOINT DECLARATION

* *

AND

THE

HAVE DECLARATION

BOTH

OF

IN

THE

THE ACHIEVEMENTS, PRACTICAL

COUNCIL TODAY LEGISLATIVE

COMMISSION LAND THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP CONTINUED TO MAKE GOOD PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT AND HAVE REGISTERED A STEADY STREAM GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID (WEDNESDAY).

SIR DAVID SAID CONTACTS WITH CHINA CONTINUED AND DEVELOPED AT ALL LEVELS, AND HE ALSO REFERRED OF THE DRAFT BASIC LAW.

то BE BUILT UP ΤΟ THE IMPORTANCE

THAT HE HAD LAST YEAR; THE AND

THIS LATER PEKING AND WOULD

OUT POINTED ON RELATIONS WITH CHINA, SIR DAVID VISITED PEKING, GUANGDONG AND SHANGHAI AT THE END OF IN MAY; CHIEF SECRETARY WENT TO PEKING AND CHENGDU YEAR HE HIMSELF WOULD BE MAKING A FURTHER VISIT TO ALSO GO TO FUJIAN.

OF

KONG

OFFICE AND MACAU IN JUNE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG

ON A SECOND CHINA'S STATE COUNCIL, MR JI PENGFEI, HAD BEEN WELCOMED

PREMIER TIAN JIYUN, THE MOST VISIT TO HONG KONG, AND EARLIER VICE

SINCE 1949, HAD SPENT SENIOR CHINESE LEADER TO VISIT THE TERRITORY FIVE DAYS HERE.

SIDES, "I SEE SUCH HIGH LEVEL VISITS AS BEING HELPFUL TO BOTH

ΤΟ SEE FOR THEMSELVES SIR DAVID SAID. "THEY ENABLE CHINESE LEADERS HOW HONG KONG WORKS; AND THEY ENABLE MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TO SENIOR CHINESE LEADERS PERSONALLY."

MEET

RELATIONS WITH

OUR NEIGHBOURS

IN BOTH

GUANGDONG

AND THE

SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE HAD CONTINUED TO DEVELOP.

IN

AND THE MAYOR OF THIS YEAR MARCH IN "I VISITED SHENZHEN SHENZHEN ACCEPTED MY INVITATION TO PAY A RETURN VISIT TO HONG KONG MAY," HE SAID.

CONTACTS

"BOTH OFFICIAL CONTACTS, AND THE MULTITUDE OF PRIVATE

OF WHICH ARE NOW A REGULAR PART OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MAINLAND

BOTH SIDES CHINA, ARE IMPORTANT IN BUILDING GREATER UNDERSTANDING ON

FOR THE FOUNDATIONS BENEFICIAL AND MUTUALLY LAYING AND FUTURE.

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LASTING

ON THE BASIC LAW, THE FIRST DRAFT OF APRIL, SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG PEOPLE HAD PLAYED

CONCERNING IN THE TWO-YEAR DRAFTING PROCESS DOCUMENT.

THIS

WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN AN IMPORTANT PART LONG AND COMPLEX

THE CHINESE