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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO GENEVA INFO ROUTINE HKGO SAN FRANCISCO
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : PRESS COVERAGE : WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SUMMARY
1. THE MEDIA CONTINUED TO ACCORD GOOD COVERAGE TO THE VISIT BY JI PENGFEI AND LU PING. THERE WAS LITTLE NEWS ON THE NATIONALITY
ISSUE.
AIRPORT
2. IT WAS REPORTED (6.3) THAT LU PING CANCELLED A SCHEDULED TOUR TO AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN TAI PO THAT AFTERNOON TO HOLD ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS WITH SIR DAVID WILSON. TVB, QUOTING SOURCES, REPORTED THAT GOOD PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE AT THE MEETING BETWEEN LU PING AND SIR DAVID WILSON AND THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WAS PREPARED TO SOFTEN SOME OF THEIR DEMANDS. THE SCM POST, HOWEVER, SAID THE EARLIER TALKS HAD FAILED TO RESOLVE THE DEADLOCK ON THE QUESTION OF CHINA'S PRESENCE IN THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AND THAT
AN EXTRA SESSION WAS ARRANGED FOR THE AFTERNOON.
3. SIR DAVID WILSON (7.3) WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT HIS TWO
MEETINGS WITH LU PING WAS USEFUL AND SAID THAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE.
4. A LOCAL NPC DELEGATE, CHENG YIU-TONG, QUOTED LU PING (8.3 REPORTS) AS SAYING THAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN THE TALKS WITH THE HK GOVERNOR, AND THAT THE CHINESE CONSIDERED THAT THERE SHOULD BE CHINESE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY BUT THE POWER TO MAKE FINAL DECISIONS SHOULD REST WITH THE HK GOVERNMENT. THE CHAIRMAN OF A LOCAL POLITICAL GROUP, THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC FEDERATION, F K HU (9.3 REPORTS) QUOTED LU PING AS SAYING THAT THE DISCUSSION, WHICH HAD MADE GOOD PROGRESS WAS MAINLY LIMITED TO THE QUESTION OF FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
REMARKS BY DENG XIAOPING
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