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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1993

JOINT LIAISON GROUP MEETING

THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ANNOUNCED THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING THAT THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP ON HONG KONG WILL TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG FROM JUNE TO 23.

THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, ANTHONY GALSWORTHY.

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THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH TEAM WILL be MR MICHAEL SZE (SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, HONG KONG), MR ALAN PAUL (COUNSELLOR, OFFICE OF THE BRITISH SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP, HONG KONG), MR WILLIAM EHRMAN (POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG).

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SIXTH ROUND OF ELECTIONS TALKS

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FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY THE BRITISH EMBASSY BEIJING AT 1800 HOURS TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

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THE BRITISH SIDE AND THE CHINESE SIDE HAVE AGREED THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE, SIR ROBIN MCLAREN, BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE, MR JIANG ENZHU, VICE FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, WILL HOLD THEIR SIXTH ROUND OF TALKS IN BEIJING BETWEEN 23 AND 25 JUNE 1993 ON THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION, THE PRINCIPLE CONVERGENCE WITH THE BASIC LAW AND THE RELEVANT AGREEMENTS UNDERSTANDINGS REACHED BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA.

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