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LATTER ENTAILED A QUOTE HIGH DEGREE UNQUOTE OF SELF RULE:
A) MAINTENANCE OF HONG KONG LAWS AND THE SPIRIT OF THE RULE OF
EXCEPT THOSE LAWS QUOTE CONNECTED WITH THE COLON FAL RULE
LAW
UNGUOTE:
B) FIRAL COURT OF APPEAL WILL BE IN HONG KONG:
C) CHINA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG'S DEFENCE BUT WILL NOT
STATION TROOPS HERE:
D) CHINA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL AFFAIRS BUT
HONG KONG WILL HAVE THE FULL RIGHT TO MANAGE THEM (E.G. LOCAL
CONTROL OVER IMMIGRATION AND TRADE MATTERS):
E) FREEDOM OF ENTERPRISE AND THE FLOW OF CAPITAL:
F) EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHEST POSTS QUOTE EXPATRIATES UNQUOTE CAN
HOLD PUBLIC AND PRIVATE APPOINTMENTS AND ENJOY VARIOUS CHIC
RIGHTS:
G) LOCAL NOMINATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, FORMALLY
APPOINTED BY CHINA:
H) THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT HMPOSE TAXES IN HONG KONG.
3. THE COMMUNIST PRESS PUBLISHED HUANG'S ACCOUNT WITHOUT FURTHER COMMENT. THE INDEPENDENT PRESS GENERALLY SAW NOTHING NEW OR
PARTICULARLY REASSURING IN JH'S COMMENTS. AN EDITORIAL HN MING PAO (INDEPENDENT) DESCRĄSED THESE CHINESE PROPOSALS AS QUOTE DEMOCRATIC AND GENEROUS UNQUOTE. HOWEVER, IT SAV CHANGES MAN THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP BY 1997 AS A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO THEIR BEING IMPLEMENTED.
1 4. THE NEW EVENING POST AND CHING PO (BOTH COMMUNIST) AND SOME
NDEPENDENT PAPERS RAN AN AFP REPORT QUOTING COMMENTS MADE BY HUAN XIANG AND FU HAO (OF CASS) AT A SEMINAR IN PARIS. THEY WERE
REPORTED AS SAYING THAT IF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY CONTINUED TO
DETERIORATE CHINA WOULD NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING
BACK HONG KONG BEFORE 1997. F BRITAIN DECIDED TO GIVE UP HONG KONG CHINA WAS PREPARED TO SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TERRATORY MMEDIATELY AND WOULD MAKE MAJOR HNVESTMENTS HN T. BUT CHINA WOULD NOT SETTLE THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE BY FORCE.
5. MOST INDEPENDENT (BUT NOT COMMUNIST) PAPERS CARRIED COMMENTS MADE BY PORTUGUESE VICE PREMIER AND DEFENCE MINSTER, DR. MOTA PIATO, ON HIS ARRIVAL FOR A FIVE DAY VISIT TO MACAU. PUNTO SAID THAT WHILST LISBON WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE STABILITY OF MACAU'S POLISTICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS COULD BE MAINTAINED, HE WAS CONCERNED OVER THE PROLONGED SINO/BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG. HE SAID THAT DRAWN OUT TALKS MIGHT DAMAGE MACAU
IN SOME WAY BUT DID NOT ELABORATE.
6. A NUMBER OF PAPERS (COMMUNIST AND INDEPENDENT) CARRIED WITHOUT
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