TNAG-2079-FCO40-2959-Hong-Kong-press-coverage-and-reports-1990 — Page 162

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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

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

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : PRESS COVERAGE : WEEKLY ROUNDUP

SUMMARY

1. NEWS RELATING TO THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW WAS MAINLY ON A WORKING SESSION OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY'S HONG KONG AND MACAU WORK COMMITTEE.

CHINA'S HK AND MACAU POLICY

2. A WORKING SESSION OF HONG KONG AND MACAU JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, THE FOREIGN MINISTRY AND THE HONG KONG AND MACAU WORK COMMITTEE UNDER THE CP'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE IN PEKING WAS REPORTED BY SEVERAL PAPERS (5-10.9). IT WAS REPORTED THAT LI PENG HAD ATTENDED THE SESSION. THE EXPRESS (5.9), QUOTING AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES, SAID THAT THE ASSESSMENT AND FORECAST OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997 AS WELL AS PROBLEMS AND DETAILED POLICIES CONCERNING THEIR RELATIONS WERE DISCUSSED. IT WAS URGED AT THE WORKING SESSION THAT THE CHINESE SHOULD LEARN FROM PREVIOUS LESSONS, SUCH AS THE EMERGENCE OF A ''THREE-LEGGED STOOL DURING THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS, THE OMELCO CONSENSUS, THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF HONG KONG AND THE BRITISH NATIONALITY PACKAGE.

3. ON POLICIES FOR PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG, IT WAS PROPOSED IN THE PLANS THAT THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF THE NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH AND THE CHINESE TEAM ON THE JLG HANDLE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THE PLANS SAID IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT THE BRITISH NATIONALITY SCHEME WOULD BE SCRAPPED. HOWEVER, THE CHINESE COULD DEMAND THAT BRITAIN DETAIL THE NATIONALITY AND BACKGROUNDS OF CANDIDATES WHO WERE TO BE CHOSEN TO FILL KEY POSTS IN THE SAR GOVERNMENT.

4. THE EXPRESS (6.9) QUOTING A AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE IN PEKING, REPORTED THAT THE POLITICAL PLANS FOR THE TERRITORIES, IN

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