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10. KONG HOI-CHUNG IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE BAUKINIA MONTHLY (4.11) SAID THAT HK'S POLITICAL REFORMS SHOULD CONVERGE WITH THE

BASIC LAW AND BE

JI PENGFEI

GRADUAL.

11. FORMER HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR JI PENGFEI WAS QUOTED AS TELLING A HK DELEGATION (5.11) THAT CHINA WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE BALANCED LEGCO MEMBERSHIP. HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE DIRECTLY-ELECTED MEMBERS CAME FROM THE LIBERAL CAMP, IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE WISH OF THE MAJORITY OF HK PEOPLE AS

INDICATED BY THE LOW VOTER TURNOUT.

NCNA HK BRANCH

12. THE NCNA HK BRANCH WOULD CLOSELY FOLLOW ITS PERSONNEL ROTATION SYSTEM WHEREBY OFFICIALS WOULD NOT BE POSTED TO HK FOR TOO LONG IN ORDER TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THE XU JIATUN INCIDENT, THE HK TIMES (5.11) SAID.

WILSON

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