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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON DIST?

INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO GENEVA INFO ROUTINE HKGO SAN FRANCISCO

HONG KONG AGREEMENT : PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP

SUMMARY

1. MEDIA COVERAGE OF NEWS RELATING TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HK, THE PADS PROJECTS AND THE NATIONALITY ISSUE WAS MODERATE.

HK'S FUTURE

2. THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MICHAEL SUEN, SAID THAT A MINISTERIAL OR QUASI-MINISTERIAL SYSTEM WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE, THAT THE BL HAD STIPULATED THAT THE FUTURE POLITICAL STRUCTURE WOULD BE 'EXECUTIVE-LED', AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST FOLLOW THIS MODEL.

3. A COMMENTARY BY THE HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL (7.11) NOTED THAT ACCORDING TO SOURCES CLOSE TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO CHANGE THE GOVERNOR OF HK IN 1992 AND THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WAS IN FAVOUR OF APPOINTING THE LEADER OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, DAVID OWEN, TO BE THE LAST GOVERNOR OF HK.

4. THE QUEEN, IN HER SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT ON NOVEMBER 7, SAID THAT IN THE COMING YEAR, BRITAIN WOULD CONTINUE TO DISCHARGE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO HK ON THE BASIS OF THE JD.

5. QUOTING A SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIAL IN HK, THE PAPERS SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO SET OUT GUIDELINES FOR CIVIL SERVANTS ON PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BECAUSE THE JD HAD STIPULATED THAT THE EXISTING CIVIL SERVICE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE RETAINED AND THAT ITS NEUTRALITY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED.

BILL OF RIGHTS

6. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HK JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATION AND A HUMAN

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