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8. THE HK ECONOMIC TIMES (21.5) SAID THAT THE QUESTION OF RELOCATING THE NAVAL BASE AT HMS TAMAR HAD NOT BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE LAST ROUND OF JLG TALKS. HOWEVER, THE ISSUE HAD BEEN RAISED AT INFORMAL GATHERINGS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. THE CHINESE SIDE HAD PROPOSED THAT A NEW BASE BE BUILD ON THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION SITE FOR THE PLA. THE BRITISH SIDE WAS BELIEVED TO BE STUDYING THE PROPOSAL. THE BRITISH FELT THAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD INVOLVE HIGH CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND MIGHT AFFECT HARBOUR TRAFFIC. QUOTING SOURCES, THE PAPER SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE CHINESE SIDE HAD NOT RAISED THE QUESTION OF HMS TAMAR AT THE JLG TALKS, THIS DID NOT MEAN THAT THEY HAD CHANGED THEIR STAND. THE CHINESE WERE STILL OPPOSED TO THE UNILATERAL DECISION TO CHANGE THE LAND USE OF THE
TAMAR SITE.
9.
THE DIRECTOR OF TAIWAN'S KUOMINTANG OVERSEAS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, CHANG HSIO-YEN, AT A MEETING WITH NEWSMEN FROM HK AND MACAU, SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF HK PEOPLE WHO APPLIED TO JOIN THE PARTY AFTER JUNE 4 LAST YEAR HAD DOUBLED, THE PAPERS (20.5) REPORTED IN GOOD COVERAGE. HOWEVER, MR CHANG SAID THAT THE PARTY HAD NO PLANS TO STEP UP ITS ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORY. ON THE ECONOMIC SIDE, MR CHANG SAID THAT TAIWAN HAD INVESTED MORE THAN DOLLARS 1 BILLION IN HK IN THE PAST ONE OR TWO YEARS. HE SAID THAT ECONOMIC AND TRADE TIES BETWEEN TAIWAN AND HK WOULD BE STRENGTHENED AND MAINTAINED BEYOND 1997.
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