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OF 31085OZ DECEMBER 90
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INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO GENEVA INFO ROUTINE HKGO SAN FRANCISCO, UKMIS GENEVA
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SUMMARY
1.
NOT MUCH NEWS RELATING TO HK'S FUTURE, THE AIRPORT PROJECTS AND THE NATIONALITY ISSUE.
FUTURE
SINO-HK RELATIONS
2.
THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS (29.12), QUOTING SOURCES CLOSE TO THE HK GOVERNMENT, SAID THAT SINO-HK RELATIONS HAD ONCE AGAIN BECOME TENSE AS BOTH SIDES FAILED TO TRUST EACH OTHER. IT WAS
BELIEVED THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD FREQUENTLY SENSATIONALISED CERTAIN MAJOR ISSUES, THEREBY FURTHER DEEPENING THE RIFT BETWEEN BOTH SIDES. A HK NPC DELEGATE, XU ZIMIN, SAID THAT AFTER THE TENSIONS LAST YEAR, SINO-HK RELATIONS WOULD IMPROVE NEXT YEAR WITH STEPPED-UP CONTACTS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CHINESE AFTER THE SEVENTH PLENUM OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE NOTED THAT HK AND MACAU WOULD REVERT TO CHINA UNDER THE ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'' CONCEPT, WHICH WAS TO BE APPLIED ON TAIWAN IN ITS FUTURE REUNIFICATION WITH THE MAINLAND
3. QUOTING XU ZIMIN, MANY PAPERS (26.12) REPORTED THAT
ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY CHINA'S STATE COUNCIL SIX MONTHS AGO, SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS COULD SERVE FOR A MAXIMUM OF SIX YEARS IN HK. THIS MEANT THAT A NUMBER OF ELDERLY VICE DIRECTORS OF THE NCNA HK BRANCH WOULD SOON BE POSTED BACK TO PEKING. SOME REPORTS, QUOTING SOURCES, SAID THAT THIS NEW MEASURE HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF FORMER NCNA HK
DIRECTOR XU JIATUN FOR THE U S.
IMPORTATION OF CHINESE NATIONALS
4.
ACCORDING TO IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT STATISTICS, AS OF DECEMBER 29, ONLY FOUR OUT OF 186 VISA APPLICATIONS MADE BY
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