CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 23090OZ FCO
TELNO 3581
OF 22114OZ SEPTEMBER 88
INFO DESKBY 23010OZ PEKING
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MY FIFTH IPT : MY ADDRESS TO LEGCO : IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION
BEGINS
(A) RELATIONS WITH CHINA
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WE HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD UP AND DEVELOP CONTACTS WITH CHINA AT ALL LEVELS. I VISITED PEKING, GUANGDONG AND SHANGHAI IN DECEMBER 1987 AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY WENT TO PEKING AND CHENGDU IN MAY 1988. LATER THIS YEAR I SHALL MAKE A FURTHER VISIT TO PEKING AND GO ALSO TO FUJIAN IN JUNE 1988 WE WERE ABLE TO WELCOME THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL, MR JI PENGFEI ON A SECOND VISIT TO HONG KONG. I WAS ALSO PLEASED THAT VICE PREMIER TIAN JIYUN, THE MOST SENIOR CHINESE LEADER TO VISIT HONG KONG SINCE 1949 WAS ABLE TO SPEND 5 DAYS HERE IN
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MAY. SUCH HIGH LEVEL VISITS ARE HELPFUL TO BOTH SIDES. THEY ENABLE CHINESE LEADERS TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES HOW HONG KONG WORKS: AND THEY ENABLE MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TO GET TO KNOW THE SENIOR CHINESE LEADERS PERSONALLY.
171. OUR RELATIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBOURS IN BOTH GUANGDONG AND THE SHENZHEN ECONOMIC ZONE HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP. I PAID A VISIT SHENZHEN IN MARCH 1988 AND WAS ABLE TO WELCOME THE MAYOR OF SHENZHEN ON A RETURN VISIT TO HONG KONG IN MAY. I AM PLEASED THAT THE GOVERNOR OF GUANGDONG HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO VISIT HONG KONG IN NOVEMBER. BOTH OFFICIAL CONTACTS, AND THE MULTITUE OF PRIVATE CONTACTS WHICH ARE NOW A REGULAR PRT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MAINLAND OF CHINA ARE IMPORTANT IN BUILDING GREATER UNDERSTANDING ON BOTH SIDES AND LAYING LASTING AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
(B) DRAFT BASIC LAW
173. A DEVELOPMENT OF
WAS THE
GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG
FIRST DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW IN
PUBLICATION OF THE
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