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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 728
OF 270958Z FEBRUARY 90
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON
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HK 3301
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 27 FEB 1990
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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. THERE WERE FEWER MEDIA REPORTS ON NEWS RELATING TO THE BASIC LAW DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW, ALTHOUGH THE SUBJECT CONTINUED TO DRAW GOOD COVERAGE. NEWS RELATING TO POLITICAL REFORMS IN 1991 WAS GIVEN A GOOD RUN IN THE MEDIA.
BASIC LAW
2.
IT WAS DECIDED AT THE 12TH MEETING OF THE SEVENTH NPC STANDING COMMITTEE IN PEKING THAT THE REVISED DRAFT OF THE BL AND THE CHOSEN DESIGN FOR THE SAR FLAG AND EMBLEM BE SUBMITTED TO THE THIRD PLENUM OF THE NPC BEGINNING 20 MARCH FOR EXAMINATION, THE MEDIA (24.2) REPORTED.
3.
THE PEKING-BACKED PAPERS CONTINUED TO CARRY IN PROMINENT COVERAGE INTERVIEWS WITH MAINLAND AND LOCAL DRAFTERS, BLCC MEMBERS AND SOME WELL-KNOWN LOCAL PUBLIC FIGURES, COMMENDING THE REVISED BL TO HONG KONG PEOPLE. MOST OF THE PEOPLE INTERVIEWED STRESS THAT THE REVISED DRAFT WOULD ENSURE THE TERRITORY'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
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DAME LYDIA DUNN HAD CONFIDED TO HER EXCO COLLEAGUES AT A RECENT CLOSED-DOOR MEETING THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE COULD NEVER BE MASTERS OF THEIR OWN FATE, THE SCMP POST (23.2) REPORTED. DAME LYDIA INDICATED THAT THE PACE OF DEMOCRATIC REFORM FOR HONG KONG WAS A MATTER FOR THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS TO DECIDE AND THAT THE INFLUENCE OF THE OMELCO WAS LIMITED IN THIS REGARD. SHE WAS AWARE THAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE DISSATISFIED WITH THE BL BUT SHE DREW OMELCO MEMBERS' ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE TIMETABLE FOR DIRECT ELECTION AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE REVISED DRAFT OF THE BL ALREADY REPRESENTED A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT ON THE MODELS IN PREVIOUS DRAFTS.
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