LÁISTÍMÁY CNNA Banca Naruto ima boa vadede en ska INELESEAN adat dáta tank insulin man, agatur de matar ligi kartu al 2022 de manera anda sana", məmnagar
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INFO ROUTINE HKĜO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKGO BRUSSELS, HKGO GENEVA, UKMIS GENEVA
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP.
SUMMARY:
1. NEWS RELATING TO THE NATIONALITY BILL DOMINATED MEDIA COVERAGE DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW.
NATIONALITY PACKAGE
2. THE PASSAGE OF THE NATIONALITY BILL AT ITS SECOND READING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS RECEIVED PROMINENT AND EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE. THE NEWS WAS REPORTED LIVE ON LOCAL RADIO STATIONS.
3. THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT THE RESULT WOULD HAVE AN ENCOURAGING EFFECT ON HK. THE CS SAID HE HOPED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOTIVATION FOR THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE WAS PURELY TO DEAL WITH THE PRACTICAL PROBLEM OF PEOPLE LEAVING HK AND NOTHING MORE. A NUMBER OF OMELCO MEMBERS WELCOMED THE NEWS. DAME LYDIA DUNN BELIEVED THAT AFTER THE SCHEME WAS IMPLEMENTED AND THE NUMBER OF EMIGRANTS DROPPED, CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD REALISE THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHEME WAS TO RETAIN TALENTED
PEOPLE IN HK.
4. THE NCNA HK BRANCH ISSUED A STATEMENT EXPRESSING DEEP REGRET OVER THE PASSAGE OF THE NATIONALITY BILL, THE MEDIA (20.4) REPORTED. THE STATEMENT SAID THAT IN REALITY, THE BILL WAS AN ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE CONCEPT OF ''HK PEOPLE RUNNING HK'' TO ''BRITISH NATIONALS RUNNING HK''. IT CLAIMED THAT THE NATIONALITY BILL WOULD DIVIDE HK PEOPLE AND ACCELERATE THE EXODUS FROM HK. NCNA SAID THAT CHINA WOULD NOT RECOGNISE THE BILL AND WOULD RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE CORRESPONDING MEASURES. SIMILAR REMARKS WERE MADE BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FOREIGN MINISTRY, WHICH WERE CARRIED IN A NCNA DISPATCH, THE MEDIA 921.4) REPORTED. OMELCO MEMBER DANIEL TSE SAID THAT CHINA'S ATTACKS ON THE BILL WOULD CAUSE MORE PEOPLE TO LEAVE
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