TNAG-2727-FCO40-3933-Hong-Kong-political-parties-Association-for-Democracy-and-Pe-1993 — Page 68

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HAD VIOLATED THE JD, ONE MAJOR PRINCIPLE OF WHICH WAS THAT CHINA HAD SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG. HIS ''INTERNATIONAL CARD'' WAS A CHALLENGE TO THIS PRINCIPLE. HE ALSO BREACHED THE JO PRINCIPLE OF CONSULTATION BY UNILATERALLY ANNOUNCING HIS POLITICAL PACKAGE AND much UNDERMINING THE TALKS. THE PRINCIPLE OF ''NO CHANGE IN THE JD WAS NOT ADHERED TO EITHER BECAUSE OUR PACKAGE PROPOSED DRASTIC. CHANGES. TA KUNG REPORTED REMARKS BY SOME HONG KONG AFFAIRS ADVISERS, WHO ALL REJECTED THE GOVERNOR'S REMARKS THAT HE WAS NOT INTERNATIONALISING HONG KONG ISSUES.

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