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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY LISBON
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ORIGINATORS CORRECTED VERSION
JI PENGFEI'S STATEMENT ON HONG KONG AND MACAO: 22 JUNE.
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THE PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 23 JUNE CARRIED THE TEXT OF JI PENGFEI'S
STATEMENT SUMMARISED IN T U R. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHINA DAILY
CARRIED A NARRATIVE VERSION. THE FOLLOWING IS OUR TRANSLATION OF
THE PEOPLE'S DAILY TEXT.
INTERVIEWER: SINCE THE PACIFICATION OF THE COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY
REVOLT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED AS TO WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WILL CHANGE ITS PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES ON HONG
KONG AND MACAO. CAN YOU GIVE YOUR POINT OF VIEW ON THIS QUESTION ?
JI PENGFEI: I CAN. MACAO COMPATRIOTS HAVE BEEN VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE PERIOD OF PACIFICATION OF THE COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY REBELLION IN PEKING. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO DOUBT WHETHER MY GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT ITS POLICIES ON HONG KONG AND MACAO AND WHETHER IT CAN CONTINUE TO RESPECT THE SINO-BRITISH AND SINO-PORTUGUESE JOINT DECLARATIONS. ON THIS, I REPRESENT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN SOLEMNLY ANNOUNCING THAT ON THE BASIS OF ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS
PEOPLE HERE AND ABROAD AND HONG KONG AND
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IT WILL NOT CHANGE ITS FIXED PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES ON THE QUESTIONS OF HONG KONG AND MACAO. THE SINO-BRITISH AND SINO- PORTUGUESE JOINT DECLARATIONS ARE SOLEMN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL STEADFASTLY ABIDE BY THESE TWO DECLARATIONS AND WILL, MOREOVER, CARRY OUT ALL THE DUTIES PLACED UPON US IN THE TWO JOINT DECLARATIONS. WE HOPE THAT CHINA AND BRITAIN AND CHINA AND PORTUGAL CAN MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP THEIR COOPERATION ON THE QUESTIONS OF HONG KONG AND MACAO WHICH BEGAN LONG AGO. THE SINO-BRITISH AND SINO-PORTUGUESE JOINT LIAISON GROUPS AND LAND COMMISSIONS OUGHT TO CARRY ON WITH THEIR WORK AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. THE TIME ALLOWED FOR WORK ON SOLICITING PUBLIC OPINION ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SAR CAN BE APPROPRIATELY PROLONGED. WE HOPE TO ELIMINATE DIFFICULTIES AS
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