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RESOLVED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN
BUT THROUGH EXCHANGES BETWEEN CHINA AND HK.
GOVERNOR
5.
THE MEDIA (6.11) REPORTED THAT THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WOULD VISIT PEKING ON JANUARY 21 AND 22 BUT THAT HIS VISIT WOULD NOT COINCIDE WITH THE VISIT BY FOREIGN SECRETARY
DOUGLAS HURD.
MILITARY BASES
6.
A FEW PAPERS AND TVB (6.11) REPORTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT PLANNED TO REDEVELOP THE MILITARY BASES IN HK AND THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY PUT FORWARD THE REDEVELOPMENT
PROPOSALS TO CHINA THROUGH THE JLG.
BILL OF RIGHTS
THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW GROUP BASED IN
WASHINGTON HAD ISSUED A REPORT HIGHLY CRITICAL OF BOTH HK AND BRITAIN FOR PRODUCING A ''DEEPLY-FLAWED' BILL OF RIGHTS, WHICH FAILED TO FULLY PROTECT HK RESIDENTS, THE SCM POST AND SING TAO WAN PAO (2.11) REPORTED.
THE BAUHINIA
8.
THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF A NEW OFFICIAL LEFT-WING PUBLICATION IN HK,. THE BAUHINIA, CARRIED A SIGNED COMMENTARY SUGGESTING THAT THOSE WHO INTENDED TO JOIN THE SAR GOVERNMENT AND SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HK SHOULD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IN
ORDER TO DEVELOP THEIR ABILITIES AND TO RUN OR THE DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1991, TA KUNG PAO (3.11) AND SING PAO (4.11) REPORTED. THE COMMENTARY SAID THAT THE CHINESE BELIEVED THAT IT
WAS NECESSARY TO GRADUALLY LIBERALISE LEGCO ELECTIONS BEFORE 1997 SO THAT THE PRE-1997 ADMINISTRATION WOULD CONVERGE WITH THE SAR ADMINISTRATION. IT SAID THAT AN ATTEMPT BY THE BRITISH TO MAKE USE OF THE JUNE 4 INCIDENT TO DEMAND A FASTER PACE IN DEVELOPING REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WAS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE BL PROVISIONS.
SURVEY
9.
FINDINGS OF A SURVEY ON PROBLEMS OF CONCERN TO HK IN 1997 AND BEYOND INDICATED THAT LAW AND ORDER, SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE WERE THE THREE ISSUES OF THE GREATEST CONCERN TO LOCAL PEOPLE.
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