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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKG GENEVA
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE : WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SUMMARY
1. COVERAGE OF NEWS RELATING TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG, THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ISSUE AND THE PADS PROJECTS WAS EXTENSIVE.
HONG KONG AS AN OUTPOST FOR SUBVERSION
2. THE NCNA HK DIRECTOR, ZHOU NAN, SAID THAT IF A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO USE HK AS AN OUTPOST IN AN ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE SOCIALIST SYSTEM IN THE MAINLAND, OR TO UNILATERALLY DEMAND CHINA NOT TO INTERFERE OR TRY TO CHANGE THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM IN HK, HK AND THE MAINLAND WOULD BE POLITICALLY CONFRONTING EACH OTHER, MEDIA REPORTS (30.11) NOTED. CLARIFYING MR ZHOU'S REMARKS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NCNA HK BRANCH WAS QUOTED (1.12) AS SAYING THAT HK PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HEIGHTEN THEIR VIGILANCE TO FIRMLY PREVENT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE FROM ATTEMPTING TO USE HK AS A BASE OR AN OUTPOST FOR SUBVERTING THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE SOCIALIST SYSTEM IN THE MAINLAND AND THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE INTERFERENCE FROM EITHER SIDE NOR SHOULD THERE BE ANY ATTEMPT TO CHANGE EACH OTHER'S SOCIAL SYSTEM. SIR DAVID FORD, WAS QUOTED (1.12) AS SAYING THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO INTENTION OF ALLOWING HK TO BE USED AS AN OUTPOST FOR SUBVERSION AND THAT IF PEOPLE OPERATED WITHIN THE LAW AND EXPRESSED THEMSELVES WITHIN THE LAW, THEY WERE SAFE AND SECURE TO DO SO.
APPOINTMENT OF JOHN MAJOR AS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
3. MEDIA REPORTS GAVE A GOOD RUN TO LOCAL REACTIONS TO THE APPOINTMENT. LEGCO MEMBER, STEPHEN CHEONG SAID HE DID NOT EXPECT THAT MR MAJOR WOULD ACCORD PRIORITY TO THE HK QUESTION AND THAT HK PEOPLE SHOULD UNITE IN FIGHTING FOR THEIR OWN INTERESTS. LEGCO MEMBER SELINA CHOW, THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND
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