CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
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MDLIAN 7519
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2656
OF 0310OOZ SEPTEMBER 90
THONOTK
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
HKGO LONDON PERSONAL FOR YAXLEY
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YOUR TELNO 1556 : VISIT OF KE ZAISHUO TO HONG KONG
1. KE'S VISIT HAS BEEN A LOW-KEY ONE. EVEN THE LEFT-WING PAPERS HAD LITTLE COVERAGE OF THE VISIT. THE HONG KONG DAILY NEWS ARTICLE ESSENTIALLY REPEATED THE RECURRENT THEMES OF REMARKS MADE BY PRO-CHINA FIGURES IN HONG KONG ON THE NEED TO GROOM TALENTS TO ADMINISTER HONG KONG POST-1997. IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE
CHINESE SIDE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING SUCH MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE, BUT SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO DETAILED ACCOUNTS IN THE PRESS OF WHAT THESE MIGHT BE. THE MOST RECENT REPORT APPEARED IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE
''CONTEMPORARY
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A SUMMARY TRANSLATION IS IN MIFT.
2. AS REGARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BASIC LAW, YOU WILL HAVE SEEN ERHMAN'S MINUTE OF 26 JULY REPORTING KE'S REMARKS THAT INDIVIDUALS WERE NOW GIVING THE CHINESE THEIR HELP AND VIEWS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BASIC LAW. IT IS FAR FROM CLEAR AT THIS STAGE WHETHER THE CHINESE ARE THINKING ABOUT AN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK. THE PROPOSED APPROACH BY GALSWORTHY TO GUO COUR TELNO 2632) AND EXCHANGES AT THE COMING JLG WILL SHED FURTHER LIGHT ON THIS.
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