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CHICF CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE HOLDS BRITAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG'S CONFIDENCE PROBLEM

HONG PONG. OCTOBER 3 (YINHUA)

THE BRITISH SIDE HAS THE

UNSHIRKABLE VESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRESENT PROBLEM OF CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG. THE SENIOR CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE

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SINO DRI HERE TODAY.

JOINT LIAISON GROUP. AMBASSSADOR KE ZAIGHUO. SAID

AND BECAUSE OF THE BRITISH SIDE'S STICKING TO ITS ERRONEOUS STAND. THE TWO SIDES WERE DIVIDED ON SOME MAJOR ISSUES OF PRINCIPLE AT THE RECENT MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, SAID

KE AIMIMLJEN, WHO IS FRESH FROM THE MEETING. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH

XINHUA.

IN THE INTERVIEW, KE SHARED HIS VIEWS ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN HONG KONG AND THE RECENT WORK OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.

MANY THINGS RELATED TO THE SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS AND THE SITUATION IN HONG KONG HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE GROUP'S 12TH MEETINGS, KE SAID.

FOLLOWING THE QUELLING OF THE BEIJING ANTI-GOVERNMENT RIOTS. HE SAID. MANY PEOPLE DEVELOPED WORRIES AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS RECAUSE OF GEIR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH AND FALSE ACCEPTING AND EVEN RUMORS BY SOME NEWS MEDIA, BUT * THIS IS

UNDERSTANDABLE. +

CHINESE LENDERS HAVE REPEATEDLY STATED THAT CHINA'S POLITIGAL SITUATION TO STABLE, THE ECONOMY IS CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING, THE NATION'S REFORM AND OPEN POLICY AND ITS POLICIES FOR HONG KONG AND MACDO DRAWN JP IN LINE WITH THE ONE COUNTRY. TWO SYSTEMS « CONCERT, WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED, KE SAID. +THEREFORE. THE HONG KONG AND #ACNC COMPATRIOTS SHOULD SET THEIR HEART AT EASE

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AN IMFGPYAN" YEASON LEADING TO THE PRESENT PROBLEM OF CONFIDENCE

:ONG KONG LIES IN SOME +I PRESPONSIBLE ACTIONS+ ON

THE DRY OF DRITAIN, KE SAIO.

THE BRITISH SIDE UNILATERALLY ANNOUNCED THE SUSPENSION OF THE JOINT LINSON GROUP'S WORK IN THIS FAST JUNE, PCAUSING NEGATIVE

CONSEQUENCES.

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ZE SAID.

WANDI VI OF PEOPLE USED HONG KONG TO ENGAGE IN SABOTAGE AND

GIMED AT OVERTHROWING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, HE THE URITISH SIDE ADOPTED AN ATTITUDE OF CONNIVANCE

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L THEREFORE, + HE SAID. -THE SRITISH SIDE HAS UNSHIPKABLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRESENT PROBLEM OF CONFIDENCE IN HONG

KONG.

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THE GRITISH STDE IS STILL STICKING TO ITS EPRONEJUS 377ND. AND THIS 19 ALSO WHY THE TWO SIDES WERE DIVIDED OM SOME MAJOR ISSUES OF PRINCIPLE AT THE 13TH MESTING OF THE SINO-ARITISH LIMISON GROUP RECENTLY HELD IN LONDON, + KE SAID.

THE SIGNING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ONCE LED TO THE PRIME EVA IN THE HISTORY OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS. KE SAID. +THAT RESULTED FROM THE COMMON, LONG-TERM EFFORTS OF THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS AND JUGHT TO BE PRIZED. *

IN THE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION LIE BOTH THE INTEREST AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE TWO SIDES. HE SAID.

KE

+WE HAVE TAKEN NOTE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT' PROMISE TO COMPLETELY AND EARNESTLY IMPLEMENT THE JOINT DECLARATION, * SAID.

+WE HOPE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILL TRANSLATE THIS PROMISE INTO ACTION. +

THE CHINESE

IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP'S FUTURE WORK, HE SAID, SIDE WIT.. CONTINUE TO ADHERE TO THE PROVISIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND WORK FOR THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG AND THE SMOOTH HAND-OVER OF

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