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THERE WERE OFFICES IN MANY PROVINCES. A GREAT PROPORTION OF CHINESE TRADE NOW PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG AND THIS WAS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF HONG KONG AS WELL. ON THE POLIITICAL FRONT, THE PRESIDENT STRESSED THAT CHINA WAS DETERMINED TO FULFILL HER OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE JOINT DECLARATION AND IN DUE COURSE THE BASIC LAW.
8. I MENTIONED THE ECONOMIC LINKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANDONG AND THE VOLUME AND SMOOTH HANDLING OF FRONTIER CROSSINGS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN. YANG AGREED AND IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT HE REMINISCED HAPPILY OF THE TIME WHEN HE HIMSELF HAD WORKED IN GUANGZHOU AS FIRST PARTY SECRETARY IN THE CITY AND AS SECOND PARTY SECRETARY OF GUANDONG PROVINCE AT THE TIME WHEN THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC SONE HAD BEEN SET UP. HE ALSO REFERRED WARMLY TO HIS PAST CONTACTS WITH SIR DAVID WILSON WHEN THE LATTER WAS POLITICAL ADVISER IN HONG KONG.
9. I FOUND THE CONVERSATION REFRESHINGLY SUBSTANTIAL AND AGREEABLE. I WAS STRUCK BY YANG'S INTEREST IN AND DETAILED GRASP OF HONG KONG QUESTIONS, NO DOUBT BECAUSE OF HIS PAST PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN GUANGDONG. THERE WAS NO TROUBLE IN KEEPING THE CONVERSATION GOING FOR 30 MINUTES AND IT SEEMED TO ME AS IF YANG WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE GONE ON LONGER.
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