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REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER: LOCAL PRESS REACTION
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YOU MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT, ON 11 FEBRUARY (THE DAY
THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER) JOURNAL CARRIED A HELPFUL AND REALISTIC EDITORIAL. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT IN THAT THE NEWSPAPER HAS NORMALLY BEEN CRITICAL OF THE HKG AND ITS COLUMNS HAVE CONTAINED NUMEROUS ARTICLES OVER THE PAST OR WERE STRONGLY SYMPATHETIC TO, FEW MONTHS WHICH WERE WRITTEN BY
THE PRO-DEMOCRACY LOBBY. THE EDITORIAL REFLECTED GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND GOOD USE OF THE BACKGROUND BRIEFING GIVEN BY THE GOVERNOR TO A SMALL SELECTION OF INFLUENTIAL EDITORIAL WRITERS ON 10 FEBRUARY.
2. A FULL TRANSLATION OF THE EDITORIAL IS IN MIFT.
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