FBIS-CHI-90-212
1 November 1990
Hong Kong
HONG KONG & MACAO
Article Exposes CPC Hong Kong, Macao Meeting HK3110021090 Hong Kong KUANG CHIAO CHING in Chinese No 127, 16 Oct 90 pp 6-9
[Article by Yen Shen-tsun (0917 1957 1806): "Big Expo- sure of CPC High Level Policy Decisions for Hong Kong and Macao"]
[Text] A CPC official has confirmed to the reporter of this journal in Beijing that the CPC had recently held an important meeting on Hong Kong and Macao work.
Was the Hong Kong and Macao Work Meeting Held at the Beijing Hotel?
A Hong Kong newspaper had reported the place of meeting was the Beijing Hotel.
The official clarified: How could that be possible? The Beijing Hotel is one for traveling businessmen. How could such an important political meeting as one on Hong Kong and Macao work have been held there? This is only common sense. Everybody knows.
The Meeting Was Held at Zhongnanhai
Where, then, was the meeting held? Was it at the State Council Hong Kong and Macao Office in the Nanxiaojia of Baiwenzhuang? At the Foreign Ministry building? Or at Beidaihe?
The official said no by smiling and finally revealed the meeting was held at Zhongnanhai of Beijing.
Neither Li Peng Nor Li Ruihuan Attended the Meeting
The Hong Kong newspaper also reported Li Peng and Li Ruihuan attended the meeting on its last day, where they presided over the concluding session and addressed the meeting.
The reporter sought truth on this report from concerned circles. An official who was at the meeting said there was no such thing. Neither Li Peng nor Li Ruihuan showed up. Some one else presided over the meeting.
What Was Discussed at the Hong Kong and Macao Work Meeting?
Sources say the general policy on Hong Kong and Macao was discussed at the CPC Hong Kong and Macao work meeting. By the end of 1986, the relevant policy had been drafted by the State Council Hong Kong and Macao Office and Hong Kong XINHUA News Agency, Drafting was halted for a time during the formulation of the Hong Kong “Basic Law." The body of policy is divided into three sections: Political, eco- nomic, and legal planning. There are also work policies independently formulated by the individual departments of the XINHUA News Agency. Sources also say: Previous CPC policies were all made on an ad hoc basis and were probing in nature, but this time the policy is wide-ranging, specific, in-depth, and will extend far beyond 1997.
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Politically, the CPC has given Hong Kong the political status of a "base for subversion." Revolving around this concept, the political planning accordingly aims at “pre- venting Hong Kong from becoming a base for subverting the central government.” After Hong Kong enters the transi- tional period, the plan believes that a series of events shows that preventing Hong Kong from becoming a subversive base against the central government will become one of the important guarantees for a smooth transition of sovereignty and Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, and constitutes one of the China's preventive measures against "peaceful evolution." For these purposes there must be practical and effective work and plans.
Sources say that the entire political plan consists of the specific policies for ideological and superstructural con- struction, including Hong Kong media, social associa- tions, party-mass relationship, united front work, public servants, 1991 direct elections, propaganda, and so on. The plan includes almost everything.
Sources say that for the media, the plan believes that Hong Kong is a window for the CPC's propaganda to the outside world, as well as a stepping stone for interna- tional and Hong Kong anticommunist forces to conduct ideological infiltration in the mainland and spread socal- ism-subverting opinion. The fight for this window will continue long after 1997, and measures should be in place for it.
On the media front, the CPC will strengthen control over its own mouthpieces and will classify other media agents: 1) Those controlled by Beijing. 2) Those with a neutral image, but which can be utilized by Beijing, including those that will approach Beijing voluntarily and those that will not. As long as they are useful, they will be the targets of united front work. 3) Those with apparently neutral images, but which incline toward the right, can be exploited at a suitable time and therefore should be subject to united front work. 4) Those that should be repelled or cracked. At the same time, people working in journalism in Hong Kong also will be classified, with their biographies-such as academic and professional backgrounds, experiences, and articles- collected and filed.
For elections, in 1991 Hong Kong will have three-tier elections made up of the Legislative Council and Urban Councils, of urban areas and the New Territories respec- tively, and the District Councils. Beijing has decided to field "its own people” and “friendly people" as election candidates. Even if they do not win, these candidates will weaken the opponents' vote.
The policy on public servants will concentrate on.finding and training talent for the 1997 takeover. The policy on societies and associations divides Hong Kong societies into five categories, with different "cures for different diseases: 1) leftist societies; 2) rightist and pro-British societies; 3) middle-of-the-road groups; 4) democratic groups; and 5) groups associated with international bodies.
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