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AFTER 1997 AS LONG AS THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE FUTURE SAR.
U.S-H.K. POLICY ACT
14.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNEL SAID HE THOUGHT HIS U.S-H.K. POLICY ACT WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE U.S. AND HK AND THAT THE CHIENSE SIDE WOULD SOEM DAY REALISE THIS. HE SAID MOST OF THE PEOPLE HE MET IN HK SUPPORTED THE ACT. THE REPORTS NOTED THAT THE SENATOR HAD VISITED THE DIRECTOR OF NCNA HK BRANCH, ZHOU NAN WHO REITERATED CHINA'S OPPOSITION TO THE ACT. THE POST QUOTED MCCONNEL AS SAYING HE WOULD START THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS SOON AFTER HIS RETURN TO THE U.S. HE SAID THE GOVERNOR HAD NOT TAKEN A POSITION ON THE BILL AS IT WAS A MATTER FOR THE U.S. CONGRESS BUT HE OBTAINED SUPPORT FROM AMCHAM.
VISITORS FROM CHINA
15. THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, ZHAO JIHUA, ARRIVED IN HK FOR A SEVEN DAY VISIT AT THE INVITATION OF HKG (27.4). MR ZHAO WOULD VISIT THE NEW AIRPORT SITE AND HAVE MEETINGS WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
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