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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1127 OF 2 AUGUST 1983 INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, HONG KONG, GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, BRUSSELS AND GENEVA
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE.
AUG 1983
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EXTENSIVE AND PROMINENT COVERAGE WAS GIVEN TO THE DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG AND ARRIVAL IN PEKING OF THE GOVERNOR FOR THE PRESENT ROUND OF TALKS WHICH WERE PRECEDED BY A 3 HOUR MEETING OF THE BRITISH DELEGATION IN THE EMBASSY YESTERDAY EVENING. THERE WAS LITTLE SPECULATION ON THE CONTENT OF THE TALKS ALTHOUGH THE FINANCIAL DAILY (INDEPENDENT) SAID THAT THE PRINCIPAL SPOKESMEN DURING THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS WERE SIR E. YOUDE AND LI JUSHENG. ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE DEARTH OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON THE TALKS.
2. MOST PAPERS (INCLUDING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HONG KONG STANDARD) CARRIED AN XINHUA DESPATCH ON COMMENTS MADE BY THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WU XUEQIAN DURING HIS VISIT TO THAILAND. WU TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN BANGKOK THAT SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG WAS NOT NEGOTIABLE, AND THAT CHINA WAS WILLING TO DISCUSS WITH BRITAIN MEASURES TO PRESERVE HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY BEFORE AND AFTER CHINA QUOTE RECOVERS HONG KONG UNQUOTE. HE SAID THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD NEVER RECOGNISED THE UNEQUAL TREATIES UNDER WHICH HONG KONG WAS LEASED AND CEDED TO BRITAIN.
3. IN AN EDITORIAL REFERRING TO THE RECENT VISIT TO CHINA BY THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF STUDENTS (MY TELNO 1105) WEN WEI PO SAID THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WERE THE VANGUARD OF SOCIETY. THE PAPER URGED HONG KONG KONG'S YOUTH TO PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO CHINESE AFFAIRS AND THE HONG KONG ISSUE SO THAT THEY COULD PLAY A ROLE IN THE TERRITORY'S SELF-ADMINISTRATION.
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