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CHINESE DELEGATION VISITING HONG KONG
31. ACTIVITIES OF A CHINESE DELEGATION LED BY THE HEAD OF THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S HKMAO WANG GUISHENG, WAS COVERED IN MANY PAPERS (19-20.11). REPORTS NOTED THEY HAD MET THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD AND OTHER HK GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS
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THE HKMAO DIRECTOR LU PING WAS QUOTED (20.11) BY A CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATION VISITING PEKING AS SAYING THAT THE FEASIBILITY OF SETTING UP A PENSIONS FUND FOR CIVIL SERVICE WOULD BE RAISED AT THE NEXT ROUND OF JLG TALKS.
SHENZHEN MAYOR
33. IT WAS NOTED (20.11) LI YOU WEI WAS APPOINTED AS THE SHENZHEN MAYOR TO REPLACE ZHENG LIANGYU. IT WAS NOTED MR LI DESCRIBED THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HK AND SHENZHEN AS 'CLOSE AS LIPS AND TEETH'. MR LI, AGED 54, WAS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
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REPORTS NOTED A SIGNED COMMENTARY IN THE OVERSEAS EDITION OF THE PEOPLE'S DAILY (17.11) ATTACKED THE GOVERNOR FOR MEETING A SENIOR OFFICIAL FROM THE TAIWANESE KMT, CLAIMING HE HAD CHALLENGED CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY. THE COMMENTARY REFERRED TO THE GOVERNOR'S MEETING ON 3 NOVEMBER WITH HSU SHENG FA, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAIWAN CHINESE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIES AND A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE KMT. IT CLAIMED THE GOVERNOR HAD PRESENTED YET ANOTHER CHALLENGE TO RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN AND THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL PACKAGE AND THE AIMS OF CERTAIN PEOPLE IN TAIWAN WHO ADVOCATED 'ONE CHINA, ONE TAIWAN' OR 'TWO CHINAS'.
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PAPERS NOTED (17.11) A HK GOVERNMENT SOURCE SAID THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN HK'S POLICY OF HAVING ONLY ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS WITH THE TAIWANESE. THE GOVERNOR WAS MEETING MR HSU AND TWO OTHER TAIWAN BUSINESSMEN IN THEIR CAPACITY AS LEADING INDUSTRIALISTS AND THAT MR HSU DID NOT HOLD ANY GOVERNMENT POSITION. THE MEETING WAS A BRIEF COURTESY CALL ARRANGED BY A LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MS SUSIE CHIANG, DIRECTOR OF THE TAIWAN FREE CHINA REVIEW IN HK SAID PEKING SHOULD NOT POLITICISE EVERY ISSUE. MS CHIANG SAID MR HSU MET THE GOVERNOR AS AN INDUSTRIALIST AND BUSINESSMAN AND THE MEETING WAS ARRANGED
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