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JAN 09 '87 14:44 ĜIS HK

A

PRESS COMMENTS

MACAU

now that

hand

over

other Sing

Sing Tao Jih Pao said Portugal had agreed to Macau to China In 1999, all problems relating to the Portuguese talks

talks on Macau's future would be solved in due The Express said that Portugal had made concessions on the date for returning Macau to China in return for economic benefits. PRESS LAW

The Express and

course.

a

working group comprising Government officials and repre

sentatives from

business as

"well

unions would ... meet

the shipping

as seamen's for the first

detailed proposals on the operational time next month to work out detalled...proposals guidelines for the new HK Shipping Register, Sing Tao Jih Pao reported. HONG NIN BANK

First Pacific Holdings director Richardo Pascua

executive

sald that

the credit line extended by the Exchange Fund to the troubled last year played keeping the bank

Hong Nin

Bank

its deposit base had

eroded, many

the HK

Daily

News said that

a

vital role

Legco

members'

in

afloat after

reservation about

日 proposal that a

rapidly

be made

papers

reported. However,

Pascua

to

declined

amount

publication of

false news

was justified

borrowed from the Exchange Fund.

and

Mr

to specify the

compensatory provision

to the Public Order Ordinance

deal with malicious

deserved

Government's consideration.

The papers felt that the definition Draft of preamble,

"malicious publication" was ambiguous and that the concepts of "'malice" and "negligence" were mixed up. This would only result in 8 direct

infringement

press another editorial, the Daily News sald

News said that the provision would infringe

freedom. In

constitutional rights,

TRADE

on HK

ол

people's

Wen Wei Po welcomed the setting up of the British Chamber of Commerce in HK, which it said was an indication that British businessmen attached Importance to the HK market and would increase their investments in the territory.

NEWS CAPSULES EMIGRATION

principles ready

THREE legal experts of the BLDC special group studying the relationship between the central government and the SAR had completed a draft of the preamble and general principles of the Basic Law, the media reported.

The draft would be tabled at the sixth special

special group meeting which would begin in Guangzhou today.

Quoting sources,

the that the preamble would consist of papers said four to five sections. It would cover the

geographical boundary of the SAR, historical background, the signing of the Joint Declaration, Article 31 of the Chinese Constitution and the "one country, two systems" plan. felt

Legco member Selina Chow that the reply by the Secretary for

There would be nine general Security, David Jeaffreson,

principles stating, among other things, to her question оп details

a high degree of autonomy for HK, of people the emigrating from HK at

at Wednesday's

preservation of the capitalist Legco meeting was not satisfactory, of private property.

system for 50 years and the protection

the Oriental Daily News Mrs Chow said that the Government reported. should face

face up to reality and give her question an in-depth reply SHIPPING REGISTER The outgoing Director

Peter Chan, told

The three legal experts

Jianfan.

-

Wu

Chu

Maria Tam and Liu Yiu reportedly agreed that the preamble would mention only briefly the historical background of

not touch

of Marine, territory and would

after

newsmen

the

on

a sensitive areas such as the three treaties

luncheon meeting yesterday that governing HK.

Z

P.2

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