GOVERMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.
FRI 15 JAN 93 09:27
CONFIDENTIAL
G-323
-Note
AC the Governor's
mccting on 6 January with CRC representatives (namc-list at Annex A), the following main points were discussed
:
Constitutional Proposals
(a)
Mr Allen Lee handed over Tonacn Visit explainco
a "CRC January 1993",
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Position Paper
and
the main points of the paper. He said a HKU initiative to amend its constitutional package would
до
long JAY to resolve the impasse between the CKG/HKG and the FRC. while there was no guarantee that the Chinese would. then ayres to resume negotiation, CRC would
best do their.
to procs the Chincce to do so. Otherwise, even if the Government's раскаде was eventually amended by. LeqCo, chere could still he 2 breakdown in Biho-British communication, which would affcct all other areas. The Governor reiterated his offer to discuss the matter anywhere, anytime. He noted that the Chinese had only recently 2010 there could be no talk until the Government's proposals were withdrawn. The Governor was prepared discuss on the basis, as originally put forward by the Chinese, that proposalshould comply with the JD, the DL, and the seven exchanges. Since then, however, the Chinese had violated the JD with their statements
franchises and CT).
The Government's constitutional. proposals had been twice endorsed by LeyCo, and it would be curious to abandon them now. Also, public support for the proposals had held out despite Chinese attacks.
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(D)
The
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GOVERNOR said
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CRC'5 Position
which
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include would
Paper
Our compendium be submissions, incended to publish before the bills. The compendium a consultation document, and was not intended further proposals from coming forward. EX CO
decide
of the exact timing publication of the bills and the compendium.
was not to had
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on
the
On CRC's specific proposals, the Governor said one important question NAK how to translate principles into practice. By way of example he referred to two
were
in Central
the present Election Committee (EC) and Functional (FC). It's interesting that pcoplc
areas
which
circumstances:
Constituencies
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who insicted that the exchanges constituted a "deal" ware unable to specify what was the "deal". On EC, recent as last September, Du Ping had told a group of visiting
LegCo members that they were considering what
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