TNAG-2346-FCO40-3415-Political-relations-between-Hong-Kong--Japan-and-China-1991 — Page 84

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNO 520: JAPAN/CHINA/HONG KONG

1. MIFT CONTAINS AN EXTRACT FROM KAIFU'S SPEECH IN PEKING ON 11 AUGUST ON QUOTE JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS IN A NEW WORLD UNQUOTE.

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ACCORDING TO THE MFA HERE, KAIFU ALSO SPOKE ABOUT HONG KONG IN HIS BILATERAL WITH LI PENG ON THE LINES OF HIS BRIEF (MY TEL NO 658). LI PENG SAID THAT AFTER 1997 HONG KONG WOULD MAINTAIN ITS CAPITALIST SYSTEM AND ITS WAY OF LIFE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE PRINCIPLE OF ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS. HE HOPED THAT HONG KONG WOULD DEVELOP ITS ECONOMY SO AS TO MAINTAIN

STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. HE REFERRED TO MR MAJOR'S FORTHCOMING

VISIT. HE SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT JAPAN HAD NO SMALL INTEREST IN HONG KONG AND THAT ITS CONTINUED PROSPERITY AFTER 1997 COULD

INCREASE THE PROFITS OF JAPANESE FIRMS.

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