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CHAIRMAN MARTIN LEE CALLED ON MR LU TO LOOK AT THE GROUP'S MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION, THE PARTY PLATFORM AND WHAT IT HAD DONE SINCE IT WAS INCORPORATED. THE GROUP HAD DELIVERED A LETTER TO MR LU THROUGH NCNA EXPLAINING ITS POSITION ON VARIOUS ISSUES. AT A DINNER WITH THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC FEDERATION (11.1) MR LU WAS QUOTED BY F K HU AS SAYING THAT ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE 1995 LEGISLATURE SHOULD MEET B.L. REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO RIDE THE THROUGH TRAIN TO 1997. SING TAO DAILY SAID MR LU CALLED ON THE LDF AND OTHER POLITICAL GROUPS TO STEP UP CO-OPERATION AND PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN THE 1995 ELECTIONS. MR LU WAS ALSO QUOTED AS SAYING THAT HK'S POLITICAL STRUCTURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE
EXECUTIVE-LED.
4. LU PING MET 10 MEMBERS OF THE CO-OPERATIVE RESOURCES CENTRE
(12.1). ITS CONVENOR ALLEN LEE SAID SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDED LAW AND ORDER, SMUGGLING, INFLATION AND THE HK ECONOMY. MR LEE SAID HE EXPLAINED IN DETAIL LEGCO'S OPERATION AND THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM BUT MR LU DID NOT RESPOND. LU'S MEETING WITH FIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF MEETING POINT RECEIVED GOOD COVERAGE (13.1). CHAIRMAN CHEUNG BING-LEUNG INDICATED THEY HAD DISCUSSED THE QUESTION OF HK PEOPLE RUNNING HK DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE TRANSITION. SCMP (13.1) SAID MR CHEUNG QUOTED LU PING AS SUPPORTING THE IDEA OF MORE BILATERAL COMMUNICATIONS AND MORE CONTACTS WITH ELECTED LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.
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SOME 300 APPLICATION FORMS HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED WITHIN 10 DAYS SINCE AN ADVERTISEMENT ON PERUVIAN PASSPORTS APPEARED IN THE PRESS, AN EMIGRATION CONSULTANT SAID (8.1). MORE THAN 100 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN SUBMITTED.
6. ANOTHER LOCAL CONSULTANCY COMPANY HAD LAUNCHED A SCHEME CALLED 'EXEAT TO HELP HK PEOPLE MIGRATE TO TENERIFE IN SPAIN, THE PAPERS SAID (14.1). UNDER THE SCHEME, HK PEOPLE WERE REQUIRED TO DEPOSIT HKD 3.8 MILLION IN A HK SPANISH BANK AND BUY A
PROPERTY IN TENERIFE.
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