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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1989

GOVERNMENT

AND

ALL

BUT AN INFLUENTIAL PRIVATE REPORT HAD SUGGESTED THE WOULD HAVE TO SPEND $550 BILLION ON ALL CAPITAL WORKS BETWEEN NOW 2004, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD TRY TO EVEN MAJOR PROJECTS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY UPS AND DOWNS.

OUT

HIS

AND

HE HAD INDICATED 4-4-2 MODEL, WOULD ALLOW FOR A

ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, MR TIEN SAID SUPPORT FOR THE OMELCO CONSENSUS AND THE SO-CALLED

PROPOSED STRUCTURE HE BELIEVED THE POLITICAL SUITABLE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT.

HE ADDED THAT SUPPORTING OTHERS CHANGE OF HEART OR LOSS OF FACE.

"COMPROMISE

ACHIEVE WITHIN

NOT DID

NECESSARILY MEAN A

AND OMELCO,

EVEN

WE

TRIED TO IS SOMETHING CONSENSUS

AND CONSENSUS WITH PEOPLE BUT COMPROMISE

THE MORE

FOR IMPORTANT

ALSO

THE

INTERESTS

OF

OUTSIDE OMELCO IS PEOPLE OF HONG KONG," HE SAID.

BASIC LAW

"THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, HOWEVER, IS TO ACHIEVE A RESPONSIVE TO THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT BOTH HERE AND IN CHINA.

"THESE MATTERS REQUIRE ABOVE ALL TO BE

NEED WE

DISCUSSED CALMLY AND IS A WAR OF NERVES.. WITHOUT PETTINESS. THE LAST THING CARRIED ON ABOUT, AND AGAINST, THIS TERRITORY," HE SAID.

OF

IN CONFIDENCE

HONG KONG'S RESTORATION MR TIEN SAID THE

THAT THE FUTURE WAS A DIFFICULT PROPOSITION AND HE WAS NOT CONFIDENT

WITH THE WISHES OF HONG FINAL DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW WOULD ACCORD KONG PEOPLE.

A MODEL IN WHICH HONG HE ADDED THAT HE COULD NOT SEE PEOPLE HAD CONFIDENCE, GIVEN THE CURRENT UNCOMPROMISING ATMOSPHERE MUTUAL MISTRUST.

KONG

OF

"HENCE, WE NEED TO ASSURE THAT, BETWEEN MAY 1990 AND 1997,

HOPES REST UPON A CHANGE DOOR CAN BE KEPT OPEN TO CHANGE. OUR HEART WITHIN CHINA ITSELF.

THE OF

"OUR HOPES ALSO REST

UPON

RECONCILIATION

REFERRED TO BY PREMIER LI PENG THIS WEEK TO PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON,

AND UNDERSTANDING, VISITING THE

FORMER US

HE SAID.

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