Q: WHY DID THIS JLG SESSION NOT SOLVE THE BNO ISSUE?
A: YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE JLG IS NOT A POLICY MAKING ORGAN. IT
FUNCTIONS AS A CHANNEL FOR EXCHANGING IDEAS. WE HAVE TO REPORT BACK THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS TO OUR GOVERNMENTS AND THE GOVERNMENTS DECIDE POLICY AND REACH AGREEMENTS. THIS TIME WE HAVE HAD A GOOD TALK ABOUT THE BNO AND WE ARE SATISFIED.
Q: AND WHAT ABOUT HK'S POLITICAL REFORMS?
A: WE KNOW THAT CHINA IS CONCERNED ABOUT HK'S POLITICAL REFORMS.
THIS TIME WE GAVE EXPLANATIONS TO THE CHINESE SIDE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE INTENTION OF BOTH SIDES IS TO ENABLE A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
Q: WILL THE JLG DISCUSS THE BL AFTER 1990?
A: THAT IS POSSIBLE. BUT WHATEVER THE CASE THE CHINESE SIDE WILL
HAVE TO RAISE IT (BOTH? WORD MISSING IN TEXT OF REPORT) SIDE(S)
CAN DISCUSS THE BL AT THE JLG.
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Q: WHAT COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE ON XU JIATUN'S SPEECH.
A: WHEN I FIRST READ THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS I WAS VERY SURPRISED,
BUT WHEN I STUDIED THE FULL TEXT, FELT IT WAS NOTHING SPECIAL.
Q: WILL THE 1987 REVIEW OF POLITICAL REFORMS STILL TAKE PLACE?
A: OF COURSE THE 1987 REVIEW WILL BE HELD, EVEN THOUGH THE PL WILL
NOT BE PUBLISHED UNTIL 1988. THE 1987 REVIEW WILL BE CARRIED OUT CAREFULLY, BUT HK'S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CAUTIOUS AND CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF WIDE CONSULTATION.
Q. WILL POLITICAL REFORMS BE DISCUSSED IN THE JLG LATER ON?
A: THAT POSSIBILITY IS NOT EXCLUDED.
Q: DID XU JIATUN'S REMARKS HAVE ANY INFLUENCE ON THE JLG MEETING?
A: NO. WE HAD A GOOD TALK WITH THE CHINESE AND DO NOT FEEL THAT
THEY ARE EXERTING PRESSURE. FOR A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE MEETING BEGAN, BOTH SIDES FELT AWKWARD, BUT BOTH SIDES SOON BEGAN TO
EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THIS ISSUE.
Q: DID YOU FEEL ANY PRESSURE FROM THE CHINESE SIDE TO SLOW DOWN THE
PACE OF POLITICAL REFORMS?
A: WE HAVE NOT FELT ANY PRESSURE ON THIS.
0: HOW DOES THE BRITISH SIDE EVALUATE XU JIATUN'S SPEECH?
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