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30. SOME PAPERS (27.3) QUOTED THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA, LI GUIXIAN, AFTER A SINO-BRITISH TRADE CONFERENCE HELD IN PEKING, AS SAYING THAT CHINA WELCOMED THOSE COMPANIES WHICH ADOPTED A CO-OPERATIVE ATTITUDE. HE, AND VICE PRESIDENT CHEN YUAN, BELIEVED THAT BUSINESS WOULD BE AS USUAL BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN DESPITE THE POLITICAL ROW.
31. HOWEVER, HK DAILY NEWS (27.3) QUOTED AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES IN PEKING AS SAYING THAT MOFERT HAD ISSUED VERBAL DIRECTIVES TO ALL UNITS RUNNING STATE ENTERPRISES TO STOP ALL BUSINESS WITH THE JARDINES GROUP. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A FORMAL NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT WOULD BE ISSUE IN A FEW DAYS.
ADAPTATION OF LAWS
32. TIN TIN DAILY (27.3) QUOTED FORMER BL DRAFTER AND LEGAL EXPERT WU JIAN FAN AS SAYING THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HAD TO PROCEED ALONE ON SCRUTINISING HK LAWS TO DETERMINE WHICH ONES COULD PASS 1997 BECAUSE THE ROW HAD BROUGHT JOINT ACTIONS TO A HALT. WU SAID THAT DESPITE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM BETWEEN CHINA AND HK IT WOULD NOT POSE.ANY DIFFICULTIES BECAUSE THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD ONLY EXAMINE WHETHER THE LAWS HAD VIOLATED THE BL WITHOUT GOING INTO TECHNICALITIES AND THAT THEY COULD ALSO CONSULT LEGAL EXPERTS IN HK.
CONTRACTS STRADDLING 1997.
33. WAH KIU YAT PO (25.3) QUOTED CHINESE SOURCES AS SAYING THAT THE FIRST DEPARTMENT OF HKMAO OF THE CHINESE JLG TEAM WERE STUDYING HOW TO DEAL WITH CONTRACTS AND FRANCHISES STRADDLING 1997. IF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE WAS PASSED BY LEGCO THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD MAKE PUBLIC THEIR POSITION ON SUCH CONTRACTS AND FRANCHISES. IF JLG WORK WAS HELD UP BY THE CURRENT ROW, THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD SCRUTINISE THE CONTRACTS AND FRANCHISES ON THEIR OWN AND WOULD DECIDE WHICH SHOULD BE ENDORSED. BUT NPC DEPUTY LI WEI TING (ALSO ASSISTANT TO ZHOU NAN) WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT SCRUTINISING CONTRACTS AND FRANCHISES STRADDLING 1997 WAS WITHIN JLG'S JURISDICTION AND THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A SEPARATE ORGANISATION TO DEAL WITH THEM. HE ADDED THAT THE PROPOSED PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR VETTING THESE CONTRACTS.
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34. MANY PAPERS (27.3) WIDELY REPORTED THE RESULT OF A POLL CONDUCTED BY THE HK UNIVERSITY'S SOCIAL SCIENCES CENTRE AFTER GAZETTAL OF THE REFORM BILL. THE POLL SHOWED THAT THE POPULARITY
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