TNAG-1863-FCO40-2643-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1989 — Page 36

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So very very prudently.

do what had to be done.

CS confirmed

In any event both sides had to

In answer to Ke's question, the

that the Prince of Wales Building would

continue to be the Headquarters of the three services.

The Hong Kong Media

Zheng Weirong in а separate

conversation with

Donald Tsang spoke emphatically about the irritation the

Hong Kong media had continued to cause his elderly leaders

(Laorenjia) in Peking. There were instances of wildly

sensational and biased reporting. This militated against

normalisation. Could HKG impress on the local TV and radio

stations to maintain a greater measure of balance in news

reporting and editorials? Zheng realised this was а

sensitive matter, but he believed that HKG had ways to

exert effective influence if it were minded to do so!

Comments

Me has clearly been under a lot of pressure.

He talled shop throughout lunch. What clearly pleased

him at the end were CS' remarks on CAD and on the Hong

Kong Alliance.

Ke met Ji Shaoxiang of NCNA after the lunch.

It is an interesting reflection on how little they tell

each other that Ji was not informed of CS' remarks on CAD

/and

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