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MDLIAN 293
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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2699
OF 131145Z NOVEMBER 92
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK
INFO HKGO SAN FRANCISCO, UKMIS GENEVA, HKGO GENEVA
PART TWO OF TWO PARTS:
HONG KONG FUTURE: PRESS COVERAGE: (4.11
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13.11)
REPORTS NOTED (11 11) THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD A MEETING WITH THE NCNA HK BRANCH DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN BUT BOTH SIDES DECLINED TO REVEAL THE CONTENTS OF DISCUSSION. THE CNA QUOTED A SPOKESMAN FROM THE NCNA HK BRANCH AS SAYING THAT MR. ZHOU REITERATED CHINA'S FIRM STAND DURING THE MEETING. THE GOVERNOR WAS QUOTED
(12.11) AS SAYING IN CANADA THAT AT THE MEETING HE HAD AGAIN INVITED THE CHINESE SIDE TO PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS FOR THE 1995
ELECTIONS.
17. THE GOVERNOR WAS QUOTED AS SAYING (11.11) THAT HE LOOKED FORWARD TO RECEIVING CONCRETE PROPOSALS FROM THE BPF WHEN THEY MET NEXT MONTH. THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THE DEBATE HAD STARTED IN HK AND HE WELCOMED ANY PROPOSALS WHICH WOULD MEET THE CONDITIONS OF OPENESS, FAIRNESS AND ACCEPTABILITY TO HONG KONG PEOPLE.
18. PROMINENT COVERAGE WAS GIVEN (12.11) TO THE PASSING OF
LEGISLATOR JIMMY MACGREGOR'S AMENDMENT MOTION IN LEGCO FOR FURTHER DEMOCRATIC REFORM FOR HK AND SUPPORT IN GENERAL FOR THE POLITICAL BLUEPRINT LAID OUT BY THE GOVERNOR. IT WAS NOTED THAT LEGISLATORS VOTED 32 TO 21 IN FAVOUR OF THE MOTION. AN ATTEMPT BY THE FINANCIAL SECTOR'S REPRESENTATIVES, CHIM PUI-CHING, TO INSIST THAT ANY CHANGES TO THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE SHOULD CONVERGE, WAS VOTED DOWN BY 32 TO 19. THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MICHAEL SZE, SAID THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MAKING A SECRET DEAL ON HK AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S BOTTOM LINE WAS THAT ANY CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS SHOULD BE OPEN, FAIR AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HK. REPORTS ALSO NOTED THAT OUTSIDE THE LEGCO BUILDING 7 GROUPS CALLED ON LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS.
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