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MDLIAN 1421
ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS (2.8) SAID THAT THE BRITISH WOULD LATER DISCUSS WITH THE CHINESE ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXCO TO RIDE THE ''THROUGH TRAIN''
TO BECOME THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES OF THE SAR GOVERNMENT AFTER 1997. THE SOURCES SAID THAT THE BL STIPULATED THAT THE 1995 LEGCO WOULD CONTINUE AFTER 1997 BUT DID NOT SPELL OUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXCO.
COURT OF FINAL APPEAL
8. JLG EXPERT MEETING WOULD BE HELD IN HK FROM AUGUST 9 TO 10 TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL, THE MEDIA (7.8) REPORTED. IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE EXPERTS WOULD DISCUSS BRITISH PROPOSALS OUTLINING THE STRUCTURE OF THE CFA, THE COURT'S PROCEDURES AND HOW IT WOULD TAKE OVER THE FUNCTION OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, RADIO-3 (7.8) REPORTED. THE STATION SAID THE BRITISH SIDE HOPED THAT THE COURT WOULD BE SET UP IN TWO TO THREE YEARS. SING TAO JIH PAO (7.8) QUOTED SOURCES FROM THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE JLG AS SAYING THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE TOO MANY PROBLEMS OVER THE SETTING UP OF THE CFA.
FOREIGN SECRETARY
9. THE EXPRESS (2.8) SAID THAT THE FOREIGN SECRETARY WOULD NOT VISIT PEKING IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN A BID TO FURTHER IMPROVE SINO- BRITISH RELATIONS. THE PAPER SAID THAT THE FCO HAD REJECTED REPORTS THAT MR HURD WOULD SOON VISIT PEKING, ADDING THAT HE WOULD NOT GO TO CHINA IN THE COMING 12 MONTHS.
CHINA VISIT
10. A HK SPOKESMAN REFUSED TO COMMENT ON REPORTS THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD VISIT PEKING AT THE END OF THE YEAR, A FEW PAPERS (2.8) REPORTED. SING TAO JIH PAO (2.8), QUOTING GOVERNMENT SOURCES, SAID THAT THE CS AND FS WOULD VISIT CHINA AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD VISIT CHINA WHEN HE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN HK AND CHINA. HOWEVER, SING PAO (2.8) QUOTED GOVERNMENT SOURCES AS SAYING THAT THE THREE TOP HK GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WOULD VISIT CHINA IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
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