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PART ONE OF TWO PARTS:

HONG KONG FUTURE: PRESS COVERAGE: (4.11

SUMMARY

1.

13.11).

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS CONTINUED TO BE THE MAIN ISSUE.

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

2.

NCNA HK OFFICE DIRECTOR, QIN WEN JUN, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING (4.11) THE BRITISH SIDE SHOULD TURN THE

1 'THREE VIOLATIONS INTO 'THREE COMPLIANCES' BEFORE TALKS COULD PROCEED ON HK'S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS. THE BRITISH SIDE SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE JD, BL AND UNDERSTANDING REACHED BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA.

3. THE VICE DIRECTOR OF THE HKMAO CHEN ZIYING WHEN MEETING AT

HK DELEGATION WAS QUOTED AS CRITICISING (6.11) THE GOVERNOR FOR

ADOPTING A WRONG AND CONFRONTATIONAL APPROACH TOWARDS CHINA. HE

SAID THE BRITISH SIDE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE PROPER TRACK BEFORE

THE TWO SIDES COULD RESUME TALKS OVER HK ISSUES.

4.

WEN WEI PO PUBLISHED A HALF-PAGE FEATURE (6.11) CONTRIBUTED

BY FORMER HKMAO OFFICIAL LI HOU. MR LI STRESSED THE CHINESE WOULD

ADHERE TO THE BL AND WORK TO ACHIEVE CONVERGENCE. HE HOPED THAT

BOTH SIDES WOULD STRENGTHEN CO-OPERATION IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS

ON THE BASIS OF THE JD AND RESOLVE THE AIRPORT ISSUE BASED ON THE MOU.

5. REPORTS NOTED (6.11) THE FORMER CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS JONES, WAS CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS. SIR DAVID WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THE IMPORTANT THING FOR HK WAS A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND CONVERGENCE WITH THE BL. HE SAID TO CONTEMPLATE A

CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN 1997 AND TO DROP THE CONCEPT OF THE

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