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IT
BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PUBLICISE AGAIN THE BN (0) PASSPORT. REPEATED ITS CALL FOR A LIST OF THOSE COUNTRIES WHICH HAD ACCEPTED
THE BN (0) PASSPORT.
7.
THE SCMP SAID THAT LORD GLENARTHUR HAD LEFT BEHIND A STORM OF CRITICISM OVER HIS FAILURE TO TAKE A STAND ON THE QUESTION OF POLITICAL REFORMS FOR HK AND QUOTED LEGCO MEMBER MARTIN LEE AS SAYING THAT HK PEOPLE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION AND HAD INSTEAD RECEIVED EVASIVE ANSWERS. FELLOW LEGCO MEMBER LEE YUTAI SAID HE DID NOT SEE ANY FIRM COMMITMENT FROM THE MINISTER ON ANY OF THE ISSUES RAISED WITH HIM HOWEVER OTHER LEGCO MEMBERS WERE REPORTED AS SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE WRONG TO EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE NEW MINISTER'S FIRST VISIT, AND THAT HE HAD APPEARED WELL BRIEFED ON THE ISSUES RAISED WITH HIM. SENIOR LEGCO MEMBER LYDIA DUNN AND EXCO MEMBER DR CHIU HINKWONG WERE QUOTED AS TAKING THIS
VIEW.
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