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GROUP WOULD BE DRAWING UP A MODEL ABSORBING THE ''GOOD' POINTS OF
THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS.
5. ON ANTI-SUBVERSION, LI SAID THE MAIN CONCERN IN CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW CLAUSE WAS PREVENTIVE. HE DEFINED SUBVERSION AS
ACTIVITIES TO INTERFERE WITH AFFAIRS ON THE MAINLAND IN WAYS NOT
PERMITTED BY CHINESE LAWS. HONG KONG PEOPLE COULD PARTICIPATE IN STATE AFFAIRS, BUT ONLY THROUGH LAWFUL CHANNELS.
6. IN RESPONSE TO SZETO WAH'S REMARK THAT THE PROPOSED NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR LEGCO MEMBERS WOULD CONTRAVENE THE JD, LI SAID THAT THE JD HAD NO SUCH PROVISION. THE JD PROVIDED THAT HONG KONG WAS A
PART OF CHINA AND WOULD BE AN SAR OF CHINA.
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7 ON THE CPG/SAR RELATIONSHIP, LI REITERATED THAT CHINA WOULD MAKE
NO FURTHER CONCESSIONS. HE SAID THAT SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS TO
PROVISIONS LIKE THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BL AND DECLARATIONS OF
EMERGENCY HAD ALREADY BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SECOND DRAFT. ALL THOSE
POWERS THAT COULD BE DELEGATED HAD BEEN DELEGATED TO HONG KONG. THE
POWERS NOW RESERVED TO THE CPG WERE INDISPENSABLE TO CHINA AS A SOVEREIGN STATE. FURTHER CONCESSIONS WOULD LEAD TO ''TWO COUNTRIES, TWO SYSTEMS OR ''ONE COUNTRY, ONE SYSTEM'' THE ONE SYSTEM BEING THAT OF HONG KONG.
8. LU PING PARTIALLY ECHOED LI'S COMMENTS (PARA 11 OF TUR) ON MY
REMARKS IN WASHINGTON. HE ALSO SAID THAT CHINA WOULD STRICTLY IMPLEMENT THE BL AFTER 1997. IF THE PRE-1997 POLITICAL SYSTEM OUTPACED THE BL PROVISIONS, THE FORMER WOULD BE ADJUSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BL FROM 1997.
9. ZHOU NAN, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ORIENTAL DAILY, SAID THAT THE MAIN PRINCIPLE FOR BOTH BRITAIN AND CHINA IN IMPLEMENTING THE JD
SHOULD BE SINCERITY. THERE COULD BE NO QUESTION OF SETTING UP AN
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION IN HONG KONG TO SUPERVISE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JD OR TO ADMINISTER HONG KONG. THE TWO SIDES SHOULD NOT PLAY CARDS''. CHINA WOULD CHOOSE COOPERATION, NOT CONFRONTATION. THE CURRENT DIFFICULTIES IN SINO-BRITISH RELATIONSHIP
WERE NOT CREATED BY CHINA. HE HOPED THAT DIFFICULTIES COULD BE
OVERCOME BY THE WHOLE-HEARTED COLLABORATION OF TWO PARTIES. (THIS REPORT IS ALSO BEING FAXED TO HKD. TRANSLATION WILL FOLLOW).
10. JI PENGFEI, ALSO IN GUANGZHOU, SAID THAT THE POLICIES OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TOWARDS HONG KONG HAD NOT BEEN, NOR WOULD THEY BE, TIGHTENED. THE MAJOR MEASURE THAT THE CPG WOULD ADOPT TO RESTORE
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