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TERRITORIES' FUTURE BUT ACCORDING TO THE HONG KONG STANDARD SOUGHT

TO REASSURE THEM THAT ''AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, THE PLACE WOULD HAVE ITS MARKET ECONOMY REMAINING UNCHANGED EVEN IF IT

IS TO BECOME A LINK IN THE CHINESE ECONOMY',

5. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE FOLLOW-UP OF THE RECENT

**WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE JOURNALISTS QUESTIONS (MY TELNO 258) A FEW NEWSPAPERS (WEN WI PO AND WAH KIU YAT PO) HAVE ECHOED A

CALL FOR ''MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF COMMON OBJECTIVES'' BY CHINA

AND THE UK. THE QUOTE CAME FROM A CNS COMMENTARY ON 3 JUNE WHICH

CALLED FOR CLOSER COOPERATION BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA IN THE

FIELDS OF INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. THE COMMENTARY

REFERRED TO FRIENDLY EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND CITED

VISITS BY THE ROYAL BALLET AND WATFORD FOOTBALL TEAM AS WELL AS

THE AWARD OF THE FIRST OIL EXPLORATION CONTRACT TO A CONSORTIUM

HEADED BY BRITISH PETROLEUM.

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