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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : PRESS COVERAGE # WEEKLY ROUNDUP.

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SUMMARY:

1. THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONTINUED TO DOMINATE THE

HEADLINES. LU PING'S REMARKS ON PARTY POLITICS AND THE FORTHCOMING

JLG MEETING WERE COVERED WITH INTEREST. THE MACAU TALKS ALSO

FEATURED.

NEWS COVERAGE:

2. BASIC LAW: BLDC DEPUTY SECRETARY LU PING HELD A MEET-THE-PRESS

SESSION IN SHENZHEN AT THE END OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP MEETING

ON THE SAR POLITICAL STRUCTURE. HE SAID HE PERSONALLY FELT IT WAS BETTER FOR HONG KONG NOT (NOT) TO PRACTISE PARTY POLITICS AS THIS WOULD COMPLICATE THE LOCAL SITUATION AND HONG KONG'S STABILITY COULD THUSE BE AFFECTED. HE WAS ALSO AGAINST A MINISTERIAL SYSTEM IN HONG

KONG AS SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD WIOLATE THE JOINT DECLARATHON. THE

AGREEMENT STATED THAT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS (EQUIVALENT TO THE

PRESENT SECRETARY RANK) WOULD NOT (NOT) BE ELECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE

BUT BE NOMINATED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. MR. LU SAND THE TERM

**LOCAL #NHABITANTS' REFERRED TO THOSE WHO HELD A PERMANENT HONG

KONG #D CARD AND HAD THE RIGHT OF ABODE AN HONG KONG. THE MAJORITY

OF THESE WERE CHINESE, BUT FOREIGNERS WITH AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS'

RESIDENCE AND WITH HONG KONG AS THE MR PERMANENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE

WERE ALSO DEFINED AS 'LOCAL SENHABITANTS'. MARTIN LEE, BLDC MEMBER, DISAGREED THAT A MINISTERIAL SYSTEM WOULD BE AGAINST THE

JOINT DECLARATION. BLDC MEMBER SZETO WAH SAID EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE

THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS, BUT THAT MR. LU BEING THE

SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE SHOULD

BE CAREFUL WITH HIS WORDS AS THEY COULD HAVE A DAMAGING EFFECT.

THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL REPORTED BLCC MEMBER MAK HOT-WAN AS SAYING

THAT UNDER LU PING'S DEFINITION OF LOCAL INHABITANTS''

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WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND PEOPLE TO JOIN THE SAR LEGISLATURE. MARIA

TAM, MEMBER OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON THE SAR POLITICAL SYSTEM SAID SHE HOPED THAT THOSE WHO DRAFTED THE JOINT DECLARATION WOULD

*INTERPRET THE WORD ACCOUNATABLE USED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION

ARTICLE WHICH SAID THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE TO

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