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LU PING: COMMENTS ON NCNA STATEMENT ON TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT)
BILL 1990
1. TODAY'S PRESS (11 DECEMBER) REPORTS COMMENTS MADE BY LU PING ON 10 DECEMBER WHICH APPEAR IMPLICITLY TO CRITICISE NCNA'S RECENT STATEMENT ON THE TOWN PLANNING CAMENDMENT) BILL 1990.
2. LU PING, WHO IS IN CANTON FOR THE MACAU BASIC LAW MEETING, BLAMED THIS AND OTHER RECENT DISPUTES ON THE FAILURE TO RESTORE ALL CONTACTS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. HE SAID THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH REGULAR AND SMOOTH CHANNELS FOR CONTACTS, AND EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH PRIVATE DISCUSSION. WE SHOULD NOT PUBLICISE DIFFERENCES.
3. IT WAS OF COURSE NCNA WHO MADE A PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THIS ISSUE. YOU WILL RECALL COUR TELNO 3634) THAT THE POLITICAL ADVISER MADE THE POINT TO JI SHAOXIANG THAT WE WERE ESPECIALLY SURPRISED AT THIS SINCE THE NCNA HAD NOT RAISED ANY OF THEIR CONCERNS PRIVATELY WITH US FIRST. JI'S RESPONSE, THAT OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN PRIVATE WERE NOT ENOUGH, HAS BEEN DIRECTLY CONTRADICTED BY LU.
4. LU WENT ON TO MAKE A MORE SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO NCNA'S STATEMENT, QUOTE I AM NOT OPPOSING THEIR MOVE. THEY (THE NCNA) ARE JUST GIVING THEIR OWN VIEWS. THE QUESTION OF INTERFERENCE WITH DOMESTIC AFFAIRS DOES NOT EXIST. DO NOT TAKE IT TOO SERIOUSLY UNQUOTE. LU CAREFULLY DID NOT SAY THAT HE SUPPORTED NCNA'S POSITION, NOR THAT THE VIEWS WHICH THEY EXPRESSED WERE THOSE OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
5. COMMENT. A SENSIBLE LINE BY LU. HE HAS TRIED TO TAKE THE HEAT OUT OF THE ISSUE WITHOUT TOO OBVIOUSLY UNDERMINING NCNA IN PUBLIC.
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