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FM HONG KONG 08075OZ DEC 83

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1902 OF 8 DECEMBER 1983

'OUR TELNO. 1299: MP'S LETTER: MEETING POINT

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-YLEL 1983

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MEETING POINT IS A GROUP OF ABOUT 30 PROFESSIONALS AND ACADEMICS

WITH PRO-PEKING INCLINATIONS. A FULL LIST OF MEMBERS HAS NEVER BEEEN PUBLISHED.

2. THE GROUP'S ACTIVITIES CENTER ROUND RESEARCH INTO THE PRACTICAL DETAILS OF THE SELF RULE FORMULA. RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED BY SUB COMMITTEES DEALING WITH THE ECONOMIC, LEGAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS. THE GROUP PARTICIPATES IN SEMINARS AND MAKES REGULAR PRESS COMMENTS. THEY ARE FREQUENTLY CRITICAL OF THE HKG ON SOCIAL ISSUES.

3. MEETING POINT'S AIM IS TO PROMOTE THE SELF RULE FORMULA WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF GREATER DEMOCRATIZATION IN HONG KONG AND OF REVERSION OF SOVEREIGNTY TO CHINA.

4. THE CHAIRMAN IS LAU NAI KEUNG WHO AT ONE TIME WAS A RADICAL STUDENT LEADER BUT WHO IS NOW A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN. THE VICE CHAIRMAN AND IDEAS MAN IS YEUNG SAM WHO IS A HKU LEC- TURER IN SOCIAL WORK. YEUNG IS A FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE

RADICAL MAGAZINE WIDE ANGLE.

5. FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY, THE GROUP IS A UNITED FRONT TARGET. THEY HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE NCNA AND HAVE BEEN INVITED TO VISIT CHINA (ALTHOUGH THIS INVITATION HAS NOT YET BEEN TAKEN UP).

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