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SIR PERCY CRADOCK
13. THE PRIME MINISTER'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISER, SIR PERCY CRADOCK, HAD ARRIVED IN HK FOR A VISIT BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT (9.5). SIR PERCY WOULD MEET THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OMELCO MEMBERS BEFORE LEAVING FOR PEKING.
US HK POLICY
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14. THE U.S. SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HAD PASSED SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL'S US HK POLICY ACT AFTER DELETING SOME SENSITIVE LANGUAGE FROM THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION (9.5). THE MOST NOTABLE AMENDMENT WAS THAT, INSTEAD OF REQUIRING THE US GOVERNMENT TO MAKE ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JD, THE LEGISLATION NOW REQUIRED IT TO REPORT EVERY 18 MONTHS ON CONDITIONS IN HK OF INTEREST TO THE US. THE ACT WOULD BE TABLED TO THE FULL SENATE IN A FEW WEEKS.
POLITICAL PARTIES
15. THE LEADER OF THE CO-OPERATIVE RESOURCES CENTRE, ALLEN LEE, SAID (11.5) THAT HIS GROUP MEMBERS WERE NOW WORKING ON THE CONSTITUTION OF A NEW POLITICAL PARTY WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO BE FORMED IN SEPTEMBER.
16. LEGCO MEMBER TAM YIU-CHUNG SAID THAT REGISTRATION APPLICATION FOR HIS POLITICAL GROUP, THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF HK, WAS NOW UNDER WAY. MR TAM SAID THAT THE OBJECTIVES OF HIS PARTY WERE TO IMPLEMENT THE ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO- SYSTEMS'' CONCEPT AND TO SAFEGUARD THE INTEREST OF HK PEOPLE. MEDIA NOTED THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST PRO-CHINA POLITICAL PARTY. SCMP NOTED IT WAS BEING BACKED FINANCIALLY BY CHINA-FUNDED COMPANIES IN HK.
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