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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK INFO ROUTINE HKGO SAN FRANCISCO, HKGO BRUSSELS, HKGO GENEVA INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SUMMARY
1. THE MEDIA GAVE GOOD COVERAGE TO NEWS RELATING TO THE GOVERNOR'S COMING VISIT TO PEKING, THE FUTURE POLITICAL STRUCTURE AND THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW (4-9.1).
GOVERNOR'S VISIT
2. THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT TO PEKING WAS TO GET ACROSS TO THE CHINESE OFFICIALS THE CONCERNS IN HONG KONG, THE MEDIA (5.1) REPORTED. THE MEDIA SPECULATED ON WHAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD DISCUSS WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS DURING HIS VISIT. MANY REPORTS SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD STRESS TO CHINESE OFFICIALS THAT THE PACE OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TERRITORY
SHOULD BE QUICKENED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VIEWS OF THE MAJORITY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE, OTHERWISE, THE TERRITORY WOULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO ADMINISTER.
3. THE MEDIA REPORTED THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD MEET LI PENG DURING THE VISIT. THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC TIMES (9.1), QUOTING SOURCES, SAID THAT THE MEETING WAS REQUESTED BY LI. SING PAO (9.1) SAID THE GOVERNOR MIGHT MEET DENG XIAOPING. ATV AND SOME PAPERS (9.1), QUOTING SOURCES, SAID THAT HIS VISIT HAD BEEN UPGRADED BY CHINA AND WAS BEING ARRANGED AT A HIGHER DIPLOMATIC LEVEL. BUT THE GOVERNMENT DENIED THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE TRIP.
SIR PERCY CRADOCK'S VISIT
4. THE MEDIA (8.1) REPORTED PROMINENTLY THAT BOTH THE BRITISH AND
HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS CONFIRMED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER HAD SENT HER FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISER, SIR PERCY CRADOCK, TO VISIT PEKING ON HONG KONG ISSUES LAST MONTH. QUOTING A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN, THE REPORTS SAID THAT TALKS BETWEEN BRITISH AND CHINESE OFFICIALS WERE BENEFICIAL TO HONG KONG. LEGCO MEMBER ELSIE TU SAID
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