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ZHOU NAN

12. THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL AND WEN WEI PO REPORTED THAT THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE GUANGDONG PEOPLE'S CONGRESS HAD ELECTED NCNA HONG KONG DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN AS AN NPC DELEGATE AND THAT IT WAS LIKELY THAT MR ZHOU WOULD LATER BE ELECTED TO THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE TO FILL THE VACANCY LEFT BY FORMER DIRECTOR XU JIATUN.

OMELCO

13. A VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH, QIAO ZONGHUAI, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT CHINA'S DECISION NOT TO RECEIVE OMELCO MEMBERS VISITING DONGGUAN IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY WAS BECAUSE OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS AND THAT CHINA MIGHT RECOGNISE OMELCO'S STATUS AFTER 1997 IF IT WAS FORMED IN 1995 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BL PROVISIONS.

CIVIL SERVANTS

14. SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE BARRIE WIGGHAM WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AGREED THAT CIVIL SERVANTS SHOULD STRENGTHEN THEIR LINKS WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THAT MORE VISITS BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO THE MAINLAND WOULD BE ARRANGED THIS YEAR SO THAT THEY WOULD ACQUIRE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WORKED. SOME REPORTS NOTED THAT PLANS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS TO VISIT CHINA WERE ALREADY IN HAND.

CONFIDENCE SURVEY

15. SIXTY-TWO PER CENT OF THE 2,000 PEOPLED POLLED IN A GOVERNMENT SURVEY BY THE CNTA SAID THAT THEY HAD CONFIDENCE THAT HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO BE PROSPEROUS AND STABLE.

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16. THE HONG KONG STANDARD AND THE HONG KONG COMMERCIAL DAILY

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