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HONG KONG FOR PS/GOVERNMENT HOUSE

PEKING TELNOS 1662 AND 1695: STATE COUNCIL HKMO: PERSONNEL CHANGES

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I HAVE NOW RECEIVED REPLIES FROM LU PING AND LI HOU TO THE MESSAGES SENT TO THEM BY SIR DAVID WILSON, ROBIN MCLAREN AND MYSELF. TEXTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

FROM LU PING:

''THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL AS THOSE FROM SIR DAVID WILSON AND MR ROBIN MCLAREN. THOUGH MR JI PENGFEI AND MR LI HOU HAD TO RESIGN FROM THEIR POSTS ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR AGE, THEY HAVE LAID A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR OUR WORK. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT CHANGE ITS POLICY TOWARDS

AND ONG AND I WILL, JUST AS IN THE PAST, DEVOTE MYSELF TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION AND WORK HARD FOR THE LONG-TERM STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG AND A SMOOTH TRANSITION IN 1997. I HOPE TO ENJOY YOUR CONTINUED COOPERATION.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, SIR DAVID WILSON, WHEN HE VISITS BEIJING NEXT JANUARY. PLEASE GIVE HIM MY REGARDS.''

FROM LI HOU:

''MAY I EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS TO YOU, AND THROUGH YOU, TO SIR DAVID WILSON, THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, FOR YOUR NICE LETTER AND HIS GOOD WISHES, CONVEYED BY YOU ON THE OCCASION OF MY LEAVING MY POST AS DEPUTY HEAD OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAO OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL. THOUGH I HAVE RESIGNED FROM THIS ADMINISTRATIVE POST, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SO

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