TNAG-1368-FCO40-1814-Constitutional-reforms-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 12

Date

5.12.85

(cont'd)

Statements by Chinese

Officials

Constitutional Reforms (35)

Statements by Government News Comments/Editorials

Officials

Statements/Comments

by others

claimed that direct election was the only way to achieve "one country, two systems" had ignored the fact that HK was not and would not be a sovereign state.

(Fong Ping of Ta Kung Pao): Recent talk of "resisting Peking's intervention" and "countering Communists with democracy" reflected a lack of confidence in

the Chinese Government.

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