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FROM PEKING 06092OZ DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2908 OF 6/12/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HKK 157
RECEIVED
INDEX
6 DEC 1984
MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT AND DEVELOPMENT
OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG:
OP
48:1
220
1. THE MFA SPOKESMAN, AT THE WEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING ON 5 DECEMBER, CONFIRMED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER AND PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG WOULD SIGN THE JOINT DECLARATION DURING THE VISIT. HE ADDED
THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THE
SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT OF THE HONG KONG QUESTION, THE EXISTING FRIENDLY RELATIONS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA
AND BRITAIN WILL BE FURTHER CONSOLIDATED AND DEVELOPED.''
2. THE SPOKESMAN ALSO STATED THAT ATTENDANCE BY PUBLIC FIGURES FROM HONG KONG AT THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY WAS UNDER
CONSIDERATION AND THAT IT HAD NOT YET BEEN DECIDED
WHETHER OTHER CHINESE LEADERS WOULD ATTEND.
THESE REMARKS WERE REPORTED ROUTINELY IN PEOPLES DAILY OF 6 DECEMBER
3. NCNA'S ENGLISH BULLETIN ALSO QUOTE THE SPOKESMAN AS
SAYING, IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT THE WHITE PAPER ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THAT:
**THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY COMMENT ON THE WHITE PAPER ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
AUTHORITIES. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997 WILL
BE DETERMINED BY THE BASIC LAW FOR THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION OF HONG KONG FORMULATED BY THE CHINESE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S
CONGRESS.
THIS WAS NOT REPORTED IN PEOPLE'S DAILY
EVANS
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
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RES D.(MR WALKER) HD/PROTOCOL D
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PS/MR LUCE
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