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ANFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING, UKMMS GENEVA

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : PRESS COVERAGE : WEEKLY ROUNDUP.

SUMMARY:

1. THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND TS SAFETY STANDARDS DOMINATED THE MEDIA THIS WEEK. THE MAIN FUTURE' SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDED THE MEETING OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON THE SAR

POLITICAL STRUCTURE, THE MEETING OF THE BLCC GROUP ON RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AND THE TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF MACAU.

NEWS COVERAGE :

2. BASHC LAW: THE BLCC SPECIAL GROUP STUDYING RESIDENTS' RIGHTS

AND OBLONGATIONS WAS DIVIDED HINTO TWO CAMPS OVER THE POLITICAL RIGHTS OF FOREIGNERS AFTER 1997, THE STANDARD REPORTED. ONE SIDE WISHED TO BAR FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM SITTING ON THE LOCAL LEGISLATURE

AFTER 1997 WHILE THE OTHER BELIEVED PN POLITICAL RIGHTS FOR ALL PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF H.K. THE DISCUSSION AROSE FROM THE DEFINITION

OF THE TERM ''LOCAL INHABITANTS' USED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION TO

DESCRIBE THOSE WHO WOULD MAKE UP THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LEGISLATURE

OF THE H K SAR. SOME MEMBERS SAID LOCAL NHABITANTS' SHOULJ BE CHINESE NATIONALS SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE WOULD NOT BE THOSE WHO WOULD LEAVE HONG KONG IF THE SITUATION BECAME UNSTABLE. AT THE MEETHING OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON THE SAR POLITICAL STRUCTURE HELD IN SHENZHEN, CONCENSUS WAS REACHED ON SOME KEY PRINCIPLES, CO-CONVENOR XIAO WE HYUN TOLD REPORTERS. THE FUTURE POLITICAL SYSTEM SHOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION, TAKE CARE OF THE INTERESTS OF THE VARIOUS SECTORS OF SOCIETY AND ENSURE THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG. MEMBERS HELD DIFFERING VIEWS ON AREAS SUCH AS THE METHOD OF CHOOSING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATIVE, THE PROPORTION OF DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS IN THE LEGISLATIVE AND THE QUESTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY. XHAO WE RYUN SAID HONG KONG MEMBERS DID MOST OF THE TALKING AND HAD HAD A HEATED DEBATE ON WHETHER THE EXISTING POLITICAL SYSTEM SHOULD BE RETAINED AFTER 1997 OR WHETHER IT SHOULD BE DEMOCRATISED. CO-CONVENOR DR LOUIS CHA SAID H.K. MEMBERS DIFFERED IN THEIR VIEWS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DHRECT ELECTIONS AND DEMOCRACY.

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