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THREE-DAY JLG MEETING BECAUSE MORE TIME WOULD BE NEEDED FOR BOTH SIDES TO REACH A COMMON VIEW, THE MEDIA (3.10) REPORTED. HOWEVER, MR KE SAID THAT HE WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT QUESTIONS CONCERNING HK WOULD BE RESOLVED GRADUALLY.
10. THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRITISH TEAM ON THE JLG, ROBIN MCLAREN, WAS QUOTED BY THE REPORTS AS SAYING THAT BOTH SIDES HAD A FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON HK. MR MCLAREN SAID THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING NOW WAS TO PERFECT THE BASIC LAW AND THAT THE DRAFTERS SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER HK PEOPLE'S VIEWS.
11. POLITICAL ADVISER TO THE HK GOVERNMENT WILLIAM EHRMAN SAID THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO FIRMLY AND CALMLY DISCUSS WITH CHINA THE QUESTIONS OF STATIONING PLA TROOPS IN HK AFTER 1997 AND THE PACE OF POLITICAL REFORM, THE MEDIA (2.10) REPORTED.
12. A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH TEAM ON THE JLG, DONALD LIAO, SAID BRITAIN AND CHINA HELD DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THE CONFIDENCE CRISIS, THE MEDIA (3.10) REPORTED.
13. THE DIRECTOR OF THE NCNA HK BRANCH, XU JIATUN, SAID THAT THE DIFFERENT VIEWS BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT EMERGED AT THE JLG TALKS WERE ONLY A TEMPORARY PHENOMENON, THE MEDIA (3.10) REPORTED. SPEAKING TO NEWSMEN AT A RECEPTION TO MARK THE CHINESE NATIONAL DAY, MR XU SAID THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS WOULD BE RESTORED TO THE PREVIOUS FRIENDLY TERMS AFTER A WHILE.
CHINESE LEADERS
14. SEVERAL CHINESE LEADERS, INCLUDING PARTY CHIEF JIANG ZIMEN, TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE CHINESE NATIONAL DAY TO REAFFIRM THAT CHINA'S ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'' POLICY TOWARDS HK AND MACAU WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED AND THAT HK WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BECOME A BASE AGAINST THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, THE MEDIA (27.9- 1.10) REPORTED.
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15. COMMENTING ON MR JIANG'S REMARK THAT THE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS POLICY TOWARDS HK WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THAT THE EMPHASIS ON THE ''TWO SYSTEMS'' IDEA WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HK, THE MEDIA (28.9) REPORTED. WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON MR JIANG'S WARNING AGAINST THE TERRITORY BECOMING A BASE FOR SUBVERTING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, SIR DAVID SAID: 'WE HERE IN HK PRIZE AND ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE TO OUR OWN FREEDOMS UNDER OUR
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OWN LEGAL SYSTEM. WE DON'T WISH, WE DON'T INTEND THAT HK SHOULD BE USED AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSION. WE DO INTEND THAT OUR OWN FREEDOMS SHOULD BE PRESERVED.
POLITICAL REFORM
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16. THE FCO MINISTER WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR HK, FRANCIS MAUDE, AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE SUNDAY MORNING POST (1.10), SAID THAT BRITAIN WAS PREPARED FOR CONFRONTATION BY INTRODUCING A MORE REPRESENTATIVE POLITICAL STRUCTURE IN HK EVEN IF CHINA OPPOSED IT. MR MAUDE SAID: 'IT IS CLEARLY A POSSIBILITY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO FLINCH FROM DOING THINGS WHICH ARE MATTERS FOR US TO DECIDE, WITHIN BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY. WE WILL DO WHAT WE THINK TO BE RIGHT AND VERY MUCH HOPE WE CAN ACHIEVE A SMOOTH PROGRESS THROUGH. NEVERTHELESS WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT IN THE PERIOD FOR WHICH WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY''.
OMELCO MODEL
17. THE OMELCO CONSENSUS ON THE FUTURE POLITICAL STRUCTURE WAS SUPPORTED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD, THE MEDIA (27.9) REPORTED. THE MAJORITY OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, AT A BOARD MEETING, SUPPORTED THE OMELCO CONSENSUS IN THEIR PERSONAL CAPACITY, SEVERAL PAPERS (28.9) REPORTED. LEGCO PASSED A MOTION TO ENDORSE THE OMELCO MODEL AT A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, A NUMBER OF PAPERS (29.9) REPORTED.
'4-4-2 FORMULA
18. THE MODERATE CAMP DECIDED AT A MEETING, DURING WHICH THE ''4-4-2'' MODEL WAS DISCUSSED, THAT IT WOULD RETAIN ITS ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FOR THE FUTURE POLITICAL STRUCTURE BUT THAT IT WOULD HOLD DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER POLITICAL GROUPS ON THE BASIS OF THE **4-4-2'' MODEL IN AN EFFORT TO REACH A COMMON UNDERSTANDING ON THE FUTURE POLITICAL STRUCTURE, THE MEDIA (27.9) REPORTED.
BICAMERAL SYSTEM
19. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH MING PAO (2.10), THE SECRETARY OF THE NEW HK ALLIANCE, T.S. LO, SAID THAT A BICAMERAL SYSTEM WAS NOT AN IDEA THAT ORIGINATED FROM PEKING AND THAT HE HAD TAKEN A LOT OF TIME TO PERSUADE THE CHINESE SIDE TO AGREE TO STUDY THE PROPOSAL. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION, ROBERT TANG, SAID THAT MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION BELIEVED THAT A BICAMERAL SYSTEM SHOULD NOT BE ADOPTED IN HK, THE HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL (1.10) REPORTED.
BASIC LAW
20. BASIC LAW HK DRAFTER MARTIN LEE SAID THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE HIS
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