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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING WITH ZHAO ZIYANG: HONG KONG
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FOLLOWING IS SECTION OF REPORT OF MEETING BETWEEN PRIME
MINISTER AND ZHAO ZIYANG ON 24 OCTOBER WHICH DEALS WITH HONG KONG
MATTERS:
BEGINS.
(HEADING UNDERLINED) HONG KONG
THE PRIME MINISTER ASKED IF PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG WAS
SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THE HONG KONG AGREEMENT WAS FUNCTIONING.
ZHAO ZIYANG SAID THAT IT WAS WORKING BETTER THAN THE CHINESE
EXPECTED.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THAT SHE WAS PLEASED THAT THE
JOINT LIAISON GROUP AND THE LAND COMMISSION HAD EACH HAD
SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS AND GOT OFF TO A GOOD START. BUT PEOPLE IN
HONG KONG WERE CONCERNED BY THE FAILURE TO SETTLE THE QUESTION OF
HONG KONG'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE GATT. THIS COULD HAVE
A BAD EFFECT ON BUSINESS CONFIDENCE.
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