TNAG-2726-FCO40-3932-Hong-Kong-opinion-polls-on-constitutional-development-1993 — Page 41

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PRESS REPORTS

SECOND STOVE

SING TAO DAILY TODAY CARRIED TEXTS OF A DRAFT RESOLUTION AND AN EXPLANATORY PAPER ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRELIMINARY WORKING GROUP FOR THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE PAPER WOULD BE DISCUSSED AT THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING STARTING ON 22 JUNE. THE DRAFT RESOLUTION SPECIFIED THAT THE WORKING GROUP WOULD BE FORMED UNDER THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE AND WOULD HAVE NOT LESS THAT 50 PERCENT OF ITS MEMBER COMING FROM HK. ACCORDING TO THE EXPLANATORY PAPER, THE WORKING GROUP'S TASKS WOULD BE TO GIVE VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS ON PREPARATORY WORK RELATING TO THE SETTING UP OF THE FIRST SARG AND LEGISLATURE, INCLUDING THE CONVERGENCE WITH THE BL IN THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND LEGAL AREAS. WAH KIU YAT PO UNDERSTOOD THAT NCNA VICE-DIRECTOR QIN WENJUN HAD ALREADY SENT INVITATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS IN HK TO JOIN THE WORKING GROUP. THE WORK ORGAN WOULD HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING IN

MID JULY.

2. QUOTING AN INFORMED SOURCE, WEN WEI PO SAID THAT THE WORKING GROUP WOULD NOT BECOME A SECOND CENTRE OF POWER OR AFFECT THE WORK OF THE JLG. AS FOR A SEPARATE STOVE, THE QUESTION WOULD NOT ARISE IF ON MATTERS CONCERNING THE TRANSITION, EVERYTHING WAS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BL.

3. SOME LOCAL POLITICAL FIGURES EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT THAT LOCAL NPC DELEGATES WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING. ASSISTANT TO NCNA DIRECTOR CHEN FENGYING AND DAB TSANG YOK-SING SAID THIS SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN TO MEAN THAT LOCAL VIEWS WOULD BE DISREGARDED, AS VIEWS OF LOCAL DELEGATES HAD BEEN CANVASSED MONTHS AGO.

MR GOODLAD

4. THE PAPERS WIDELY REPORTED MR GOODLAD'S REPLY TO A LETTER CONCERNING THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS FROM THE JOINT ASSOCIATION OF

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