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YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT TODAY'S ASIA WALL STREET JOURNAL IN ITS STORY ON THE WHITE PAPER THE FOLLOWING QUOTATION FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, WHICH IT ATTRIBUTES TO AN INTERVIEW GIVEN TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ON WEDNESDAY''
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THERE WILL BE ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG WELL BEFORE COMES FOR IT TO BE HANDED OVER, AND THE JUDGMENT WE MAKE IS THE BEST TIME TO HAVE THOSE ELECTIONS.
THE TIME
HAVE TO
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IT WOULD NOT BE WISE TO SET A DATE, BUT ON HONG KONG THERE IS NOT THE SLIGHTEST SHADOW OF DOUBT THAT THERE WILL BE
WELL BEFORE 1997 ''.
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