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Mr Tupyn.
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG.
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MFA SPOKESWOMAN'S REMARKS ON PADS
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AT THE WEEKLY MFA PRESS BRIEFING ON 20 SEPTEMBER, LI JINHUA VOLUNTEERED THAT SOME REPORTERS HAD BEEN ASKING IF THERE WOULD BE DISCUSSION ON PADS BETWEEN CHINESE, BRITISH AND HONG KONG EXPERTS.
2. SHE SAID THAT, IN OCTOBER 1989, HKG HAD ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A LARGER SCALE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT. ONCE THE PLANS WERE ANNOUNCED, ALL PARTIES WERE INTERESTED IN CHINA'S RESPONSE. THE BRITISH SIDE SOUGHT CHINESE SUPPORT. CHINA TOOK A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO ALL MEASURES CONDUCIVE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY BUT WAS AWARE THAT THIS WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE PLAN AND THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD EXTEND BEYOND 1997. CONSIDERING THE MAINTENANCE OF LONG TERM PROSPERITY AND STABILITY, CHINA WOULD ONLY MAKE KNOWN ITS POSITION AFTER IT HAD RECEIVED NECESSARY MATERIAL FROM THE BRITISH SIDE AND AFTER EXPERT ''NEGOTIATIONS'' A CHINESE EXPERT GROUP WOULD SHORTLY HAVE CONTACT WITH BRITISH EXPERTS.
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