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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING, UKMMS GENEVA #INFO ROUTINE HKGO'S WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, BRUSSELS, GENEVA

HONG KONG AGREEMENT : PRESS COVERAGE : WEEKLY ROUNDUP.

SUMMARY:

1. THE VISIT OF CCP GENERAL SECRETARY, HU YAOBANG, TO BRITAIN

DOMINATED THE PRESS ON THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. THE MEETING

OF THE JLG EXPERT SUB-GROUP IN PEKING RECEIVED MODERATE PRESS

#INTEREST. OTHER SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDED THE BASIC LAW AND THE

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE (AMENDMENT) BILL.

NEWS COVERAGE:

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2. HU YAOBANG: AT A DINNER HELD IN HONOUR OF MR. HU, MRS. THATCHER

STRESSED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR BRITAHIN AND CHINA TO MAHINTAHN

CLOSE THES IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO THE TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY

SUN 1997. THE SCMP (11/6) SAND MR. HU HAD PAID TRIBUTE TO MRS.

THATCHER FOR HER PART IN THE REACHING OF THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG. HE TOLD HER THAT HER TWO VISITS TO CHINA,

SHORT AS THEY WERE, LED TO A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT AN AGREEMENT

BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN ON THE SETTLEMENT OF THE HONG KONG

QUESTHION WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT OVER FROM THE PAST. THE STANDARD

(13/6) REPORTED DEPUTY FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ZHOU NAN AS SAYING

AT A LONDON PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE JOINT DECLARATHON WAS ''ON

THE WHOLE BEING MMPLEMENTED SATISFACTORILY'', CHINA WAS DETERMINED

TO IMPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT TO THE LETTER, HE HAD EVERY REASON

TO BELIEVE IT WOULD BE FULLY EXECUTED, HE SAID. WEN WEN; PO

AND TA KUNG PAO (13/6) COMMENTED POSITIVELY ON HU YAOBANG'S VISHT

SAYING THE RESULTS ACHIEVED DURING THE VISIT WOULD HELP REMOVE

WORRIES ABOUT #INSTABILITY DURING THE TRANSITHON PERMOD HN HONG KONG

AND ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CHINA CHANGING HITS POLICY TOWARDS

HONG KONG,

3. JLG: MEMBERS OF THE JLG EXPERTS SUB-GROUP WOULD BE DISCUSSING

AVIATION AGREEMENTS, A SHIPPING REGISTER AND TRAVEL DOCUMENTS DURING THE SIX DAY MEETING IN PEKING (16-21 JUNE).

#IT WAS REPORTED TODAY THAT THE CHINESE TEAM WAS A LITTLE UNHAPPY

THAT HONG KONG HAD SIGNED A CHIMIL AVINATION AGREEMENT WITH THE

NETHERLANDS AS AN INDEPENDENT PARTY. SNG TAO THH PAO, TÚN TIN DAILY NEWS AND THE HONG KONG TIMES SAND THE CHINESE TEAM TOOK THE

VIEW THAT CIVIL AVIATION AGREEMENTS WERE CLOSELY RELATED TO

THE QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY AND COULD AFFECT CHINA'S INTERESTS.

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