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3.ON CIA-HAONG RELATIONS, ACTING GOVERNOR SAID HKONG GOVT AND
FEOPLE VERY MUCH AFPRECIATED AND WELCOMED CDA'S EFFORTS TO
DEVELOP A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BUILTING ON EXTENSIVE PEOPLE TO
PFUPLE CONNECTIONS THAT HAVE FORMED OVER GENERATIONS.HE SENSED
GRAAT ENTHUSIASM FOR RELATIONS WITH HKONG DURING HIS RECENT VISIT
TO VANCOUVER. HE WAS PARTICULARLY DELIGHTED TO HAVE MET DAVID LAM
THERE, HO WAS DOING A FINE JOB PROMOTING BOTH MULTICULTURALISM
AND CIA-HAONG RELATIONS.CHIEF SECTY WAS GRATIFIED TO FEAR THAT
TWC NEW CEN PROVINCIAL OFFICES HAD JUST OPENED IN HONG BRINGING
TOTAL TO EIGHT MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN WORLD.
4.0 FUTURE OF HONG KONG MINISTER MERRITHEW NOTED THAT CDA FAD
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FOLLOWED A CAREFUL BALANCING ACT IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THE PRC
SINCE 21JUNE 1989, BUT THAT STAKES FOR HKONG SEEMED INFINITELY
GREATER.
5.CHIEF SECTY SAID THAT SITUATION HAD IMPROVED SOMEWHAT BUT WAS
STILL DIFFICULT FOR HKONG.THE BIG PICTURE OF UK/CEINA
RELATIONS HAD BEEN VERY POOR LAST YFAR, AND PROGRESS HAD STOPPED
ENTIRELY IN CRITICAL POLICY AREAS WHERE EKONG NEEDED ITS OWN
IDENTITY/MEMBERSHIPS INTERNATIONALLY AND WHERE THERE HAD BEEN
SUCCESSES BEFORE, EG. GATT MEMBERSHIP, AIR SERVICES AGREEMENTS.THIS
WAS STILL A PROBLEM THOUGH UK/CHINA RELATIONS WERE FETTER NOW.BUT
MAJOR ROAD BLOCKS SUCH AS CHINESE OPPOSITION TO THE
AIRPORT/HARBOUR MEGAFROJECT AND THE BRITISH NATIONALITY PACKAGE
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