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JI PENGFIE'S OPENING AND CLOSING SPEECHES AT BLDC VI

54. IN HIS OPENING SPEECH, JI PENFEI SAID THAT THE "ONE COUNTRY,

TWO SYSTEMS PRINCIPLE AND THE POLICIES OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT

REGARDING HK AS SET OUT IN THE JD WERE THE ESTABLISHED STATE

POLICIES OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT : THEY WOULD NOT BE CHANGED

UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THE ENACTMENT OF THE BL WAS TO SET DOWN

IN LEGAL TERMS THE SPECIAL POLICIES OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT

REGARDING HK, WHICH WERE FORUMULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ''ONE

COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' PRINCIPLE. HE REMINDED MEMBERS TO DRAFT THE BL PRUDENTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE PRINCIPLE.

55. IN HIS CLOSING SPEECH, HE REITERATED HIS CALL FOR MUTUAL TRUST

AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING SO THAT DIFFERENCES COULD BE SORTED OUT

THROUGH DEMOCRATIC AND OPEN CONSULTATION. HE SAID THAT A DISCUSSION

DRAFT OF THE BL WOULD BE READY IN EARLY 1988.

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56.

AUGUST.

THE FIFTH BLDC PLENUM WILL BE HELD IN PEKING ON 22

THE MAIN AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDE :

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FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE DRAFTS OF THE PREAMBLE, AND CHAPTER I, II, III, VII, AND IX OF THE BL: AND

(11) PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ON THE DRAFT ARTICLES TO BE PUT FORWARD BY THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUPS ON POLITICAL SYSTEM, ECONOMIC SYSTEM, AND ON EDUCATION AND CULTURE.

57. THE FIVE BLDC SPECIAL GROUPS WILL MEET SEPARATELY PRIOR TO THE

NEXT BLDC PLENUM. DETAILS ARE SET OUT BELOW :

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SPECIAL GROUP ON EDUCATION AND CULTURE WILL MEET ON

5 JUNE IN GUANGZHOU :

SPECIAL GROUP ON CPG/SAR RELATIONSHIP WILL MEET ON

7 JUNE IN GUANGZHOU, AND ON 3

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4 AUGUST IN PEKING:

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SYSTEM WILL MEET ON 9

2 AUGUST IN PEKING. IT WILL

SPECIAL GROUP ON CPG/SAR

SPECIAL GROUP ON POLITICAL JUNE IN GUANGZHOU, AND ON 31 JULY

ALSO HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH THE RELATIONSHIP ON 8 JUNE IN GUANGZHOU TO DISCUSS THE JURISDICTION

OF THE SAR'S COURTS:

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SPECIAL GROUP ON RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS WILL MEET ON

13 JUNE IN GUANGZHOU: AND

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SPECIAL GROUP ON ECONOMIC SYSTEM WILL MEET ON 12

JUNE IN GUANGZHOU.

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58. CHINESE CO-CONVENOR OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON POLITICAL

SYSTEM, XIAO WEIYUN SAID THAT THE GROUP'S NEXT MEETING WILL DISCUSS

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