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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1708
OF 310445Z MAY
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HKB301/1
31 MAY 1990
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKGO GENEVA, UKMIS GENEVA
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP.
SUMMARY
1. ROUTINE COVERAGE TO NEWS RELATING TO THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY DURING THE WEEK. HOWEVER REMARKS BY THE GOVERNOR DURING HIS NORTH AMERICAN TRIP ON HK'S FUTURE WERE REPORTED PROMINENTLY.
GOVERNOR
2. THE GOVERNOR SAID AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ASIA SOCIETY IN NEW YORK THAT THE JD AND THE BL PROVIDED THE BLUEPRINT FOR HK'S TRANSITION. IN A RADIO INTERVIEW RECORDED IN NEW YORK, HE SAID THAT IT WAS NONSENSE TO SAY THAT THE BRITISH WERE PLAYING THE ROLE OF CHINA'S POLICE FORCE IN HK, SOME PAPERS (25.5) REPORTED. BRITAIN WAS TAKING CARE OF HK AND ADMINISTERING IT. THESE DUTIES, TO BE PERFORMED UNTIL 1997, WERE IN LINE WITH PROVISIONS IN THE JD AS WELL AS IN THE INTERESTS OF HK.
3. IN ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH CBC IN CANADA, THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT HK WOULD NOT LET FOREIGNERS TURN THE TERRITORY INTO A BATTLEFIELD FOR POLITICAL BATTLES WITH CHINA BUT THAT THE HKG WAS DETERMINED TO PROTECT FREEDOMS CURRENTLY ENJOYED BY HK PEOPLE, SOME PAPER (26.5) REPORTED. HE STRESSED THE NEED TO MAINTAIN A DIALOGUE WITH CHINA DESPITE THE EVENTS OF LAST SUMMER, THE MEDIA (26.5) REPORTED. ON HIS RETURN TO HK, HE CALLED ON HK PEOPLE TO THINK AHEAD, THE MEDIA (29.5) REPORTED. REFERRING TO THE EVENTS OF LAST SUMMER, HE SAID THAT HK PEOPLE MUST LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND NOT SIMPLY LOOK OBSESSIVELY AT THE PAST.
BASIC LAW
4. ZHOU NAN SAID AT A PUBLIC FUNCTION THAT THE BL WAS NOT ONLY THE SUPREME LAW FOR THE FUTURE SAR BUT ALSO A BASIS FOR VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LIFE BEFORE 1997 TO ACHIEVE CONVERGENCE AND A SMOOTH TRANSITION, THE MEDIA (25.5) REPORTED. ZHOU SAW THE NEED TO TRAIN UP TALENTED
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