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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG INFO IMMEDIATE MANILA
FOR THE FOREIGN SECRETARY'S PARTY
MFA PRESS CONFERENCE: 29 OCTOBER: HONG KONG
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THERE WERE NO STATEMENTS FROM THE CHINESE SIDE. THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WERE ON HONG KONG:
2. QUESTION: (AFP) DO THE CHINESE SIDE HAVE ANY COUNTER PROPOSALS TO MAKE IN RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL REFORM PROPOSALS?
ANSWER: THE KEY IS FOR THE BRITISH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES TO RETURN TO THE COURSE OF SERIOUS CONSULTATIONS AND COOPERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE JD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
3. QUESTION: (SCMP) ON 23 OCTOBER LU PING SAID THAT THE LETTERS EXCHANGED BY MR HURD AND QIAN QICHEN AMOUNTED TO AN 'AGREEMENT'. ON 28 OCTOBER XINHUA SAID THEY AMOUNTED TO AN WHICH WAS IT?
'UNDERSTANDING'.
ANSWER: AS REPORTED BY XINHUA YESTERDAY, THE CHINESE AND BRITISH SIDES REACHED AN UNDERSTANDING.
4. QUESTION: (BBC) (A) LU PING HAS DOUBTED THE GOVERNOR'S SINCERITY IN RESOLVING PROBLEMS. HAS MR PATTEN HIMSELF NOW BECOME PART OF THE PROBLEM? (B) ALSO, WILL ZHU RONGJI'S VISIT TO BRITAIN STILL GO AHEAD GIVEN THE PROBLEMS IN THE RELATIONSHIP?
ANSWER: (A) CHINA WANTS COOPERATION NOT CONFRONTATION. THE BEST WAY TO GET COOPERATION IS FOR THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES IN HONG KONG TO RETURN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO SERIOUS COOPERATION AND CONSULTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STIPULATIONS OF THE BASIC LAW. (B) ON ZHU RONGJI'S VISIT, THE CHINESE SIDE WILL IN DUE COURSE RELEASE NEWS CONCERNING HIS VISIT TO BRITAIN.
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QUESTION: CHONG KONG JOURNALIST) IS THERE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT
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