TNAG-2452-FCO40-3569-Future-of-Hong-Kong-constitutional-development-1992 — Page 80

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NPC STANDING COMMITTEE.

5. CHENG MING, PRO-PEKING MAGAZINE, REPORTED IN ITS CURRENT ISSUE THAT WHILE THE SPEECHES BY LI HOU AND OTHERS CONCERNING HONG KONG IN THE LATEST NPC STANDING COMMITTEE WERE WIDELY REPORTED IN CHINA'S PRESS, THE MORE AGGRESSIVE REMARKS BY NPC VICE-CHAIRMAN PENG CHONG, HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLICISED. PENG SAID CHINA IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE TRANSITION HAD THE RIGHT TO INTERFERE IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS.

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