TNAG-2039-FCO40-2903-Visits-from-the-UK-to-China-1990 — Page 47

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

VISIT TO CHINA BY BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL GROUP DELEGATION LED

BY VINCENT LO: MEETING WITH LI PENG : MEDIA REPORTS.

1. THE NCNA ENGLISH LANGUAGE BULLETIN OF 16 JANUARY CARRIES A REPORT DATELINED PEKING 15 JANUARY ON THE MEETING BETWEEN A DELEGATION LED BY VINCENT LO AND LI PENG.

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2. LI IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT CHINA WOULD NOT CHANGE ITS PRINCIPLE OF ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'' OR OTHER IMPORTANT POLICIES ON HONG KONG BECAUSE OF SOME TEMPORARY 'HAPPENINGS'' SAID THAT THESE POLICIES OF FAR REACHING HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL

SIGNIFICANCE WERE SERIOUSLY AND RESPONSIBLY LAID DOWN IN THE FUNDAMENTAL INTERESTS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS AND OF ALL THE CHINESE PEOPLE. CHINA WISHED HONG KONG'S TRANSITION TO BE SMOOTH. THIS WOULD BENEFIT HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. HE WAS GLAD TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LISTEN DIRECTLY TO SUGGESTIONS OFFERED BY

THE DELEGATION. MANY OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS ABOUT MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY, AS WELL AS THOSE CONCERNING GOOD COOPERATION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE MAINLAND, WERE 'TO THE POINT''. THE DELEGATIONS WISHES WERE ALSO THE WISHES OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

3. LI TOLD THE DELEGATION THAT CHINA'S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION WAS STABLE. HE BRIEFED THEM ON CHINA'S POLICES FOR IMPROVING THE ECONOMICENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC ORDER AS WELL AS ON FURTHER REFORMS AND THEIR RESULTS. LI HOPED THAT PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CIRCLES WOULD CONTRIBUTE MORE TO PROMOTE HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. HE ADDED THAT THEY WERE WELCOME TO INVEST ON THE MAINLAND, IN PARTICULAR TO RUN EXPORT-ORIENTED VENTURES.

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