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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE.

THE COMMUNIST PRESS TODAY CARRIED A XINHUA DESPATCH ON THE CPPCC'S HONG KONG AND MACAU DELEGATE'S DISCUSSION OF ZHAO

ZIYANG'S WORK REPORT TO THE NPC.

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2. THE PAPERS SAID THAT THOSE WHO SPOKE HENRY FOK, T.K. ANN, XIA MENG (ACTRESS) AND YUEN PAK-YIU (SOLICITOR) - ALL WARMLY SUPPORTED ZHAO'S STATEMENT ON THE RECOVERY OF SOVEREIGNTY AND MAINTENANCE OF PROSPERITY. THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE VOICED THEIR OWN VIEWS AND PROPOSALS ON THESE QUESTIONS.

3. AN EDITORIAL IN THE INDEPENDENT MING PAO ARGUED THAT AN UNDERLYING FACTOR IN THE SLOW PROGRESS OF THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE WAS THAT SOME LOCAL RESIDENTS ADOPTED A DOUBLE STANDARD IN THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ISSUE. THESE PEOPLE MISREPRESENTED THE TRUTH AND MISLED THE CHINESE LEADERS INTO BELIEVING THAT THE MAJORITY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE SUPPORTED THE SELF-RULE FORMULA. THE EDITORIAL URGED ITS READERS TO TAKE SERIOUSLY THE MEMORANDUM PRODUCED BY ALLEN LEE'S GROUP OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS (MY TELNO 784) SINCE IT ACCURATELY REPRESENTED THE

WISHES OF THE MAJORITY OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS.

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