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HKC 010/3
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MDLIAN 9229
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FM BTC HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE PEKING
TELNO 4
OF 231010Z JANUARY 92
AND TO ROUTINE FCO, SHANGHAI, DTI, BTC HONG KONG
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GUANGDONG GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED.
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ZHU SENLIN, WHO HAS BEEN ACTING GOVERNOR OF GUANGDONG SINCE YE XUANPING WAS MOVED SIDEWAYS OUT OF THE JOB SOME 6 MONTHS AGO, WAS CONFIRMED AS GOVERNOR ON 16 JANUARY BY THE GUANGDONG
PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS.
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TOGETHER WITH THE DECEMBER 1991 APPOINTMENT OF FORMER SHAOGUAN MAYOR GAO SIREN TO SUCCEED ZHU AS CANTON PARTY SECRETARY, THIS NOW LEAVES ZHU SENLIN AS THE UNDISPUTED LEADER OF CHINA'S RICHEST PROVINCE.
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IN A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER HIS APPOINTMENT, GOVERNOR ZHU MADE APPROPRIATE NOISES ABOUT GREATER CO-OPERATION WITH HONG KONG ON ANTI SMUGGLING, POLLUTION, TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION AND LABOUR IMPORTATION.
4. COMMENT: IN MEETINGS ZHU HAS COME OVER AS A SOUND OPERATOR HAPPY TO REEL OFF DEVELOPMENT STATISTICS. HE IS SEEN IN CANTON AS CONTINUING THE SAME POLICIES AS YE XUANPING WITHOUT HAVING THE SAME CONNECTIONS (I.E. WITH DENG XIAOPING) OR THE SAME CONFRONTATIONS (I.E. WITH LI PENG) IN PEKING. ZHU DOES NOT ASPIRE TO THE SAME LOCAL FOLLOWING THAT YE HAD, BUT HE HAS LIVED IN CANTON FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND SHOULD PROVE AN EFFECTIVE EXPONENT OF THE REFORM POLICIES THAT UNDERLIE GUANGDONG'S STRONG GROWTH.
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