TNAG-2669-FCO40-3866-Hong-Kong-Civil-Service-1993 — Page 169

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TELNO 1077

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HONG KONG TELNO 1284:

LOCALISATION POLICY

1. THE PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 1 AND 4 AUGUST CARRIED CHARACTERISTICALLY TENDENTIOUS REPORTS OF THE CRITICAL REMARKS BY NCNA VICE-DIRECTOR ZHENG GUOXIONG AND OF OTHER NEGATIVE COMMENTS BY HONG KONG PUBLIC FIGURES, CIVIL SERVANTS AND NEWSPAPERS. IT SAID THAT PUBLIC OPINION IN HONG KONG WAS GENERALLY DISSATISFIED AND WORRIED ABOUT HKG'S ''SUDDEN'' DECISION.

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