TNAG-2494-FCO40-3626-Future-of-Hong-Kong-constitutional-development-Chinese-reac-1992 — Page 122

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CHINESE POLICY ON HONG KONG: REMARKS BY LI RUIHUAN: PRESS REPORTS.

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THE LOCAL PRESS TODAY GAVE WIDE COVERAGE ON REMARKS MADE BY LI RUIHUAN, STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE CCP POLITBURO, ON CHINESE POLICY ON HONG KONG. LI MADE THE REMARKS WHEN VISITING DELEGATION OF THE HONG KONG TEXTILE COUNCIL.

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APART FROM REITERATING THAT CHINA WOULD NEITHER ACCEPT NOR CONCEDE ON THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS, LI WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT CHINA ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG AND THAT THE POLICY OF IMPLEMENTING 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' IN HONG KONG WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED. TA KUANG PAO PLAYED UP HIS REMARKS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE AN EARLY TAKEOVER OF HONG KONG UNLESS 'A VERY CHAOTIC SITUATION' EMERGED HERE. THE EXPRESS QUOTED THE DELEGATION LEADER HENRY TANG AS SAYING THE DELEGATION TOLD LI THAT THE HKMO STATEMENT OF 30 NOVEMBER HAD DEALT A SERIOUS BLOW TO HONG KONG'S ECONOMY AND THEY HOPED CHINA WOULD PUT EMPHASIS ON THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG AND CHINA. LI SAID HE ACCEPTED THIS VIEW.

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