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CURRENT DISPUTE. IT ALSO SHOWED 30 PERCENT OF THE 1,015 RESPONDENTS CONTINUED TO BACK THE GOVERNOR'S REFORMS WHILE 18 PERCENT SIDED WITH CHINA AND HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE EITHER NON-COMMITTAL OR UNSURE ABOUT THEIR POSITION. THE PAPER ALSO NOTED A SEPARATE SURVEY BY TVB ON 28 TO 30 DECEMBER 1992 WHICH SHOWED INCREASED SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE. OF ABOUT 1,200 RESPONDENTS, 42.3 PERCENT SUPPORTED THE GOVERNOR, 27 PERCENT SAID THE BLUEPRINT SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN, WHILE 30.6 PERCENT REMAINED UNDECIDED.

LI PENG

15. MEDIA REPORTS (5.1) NOTED CHINA'S PREMIER LI PENG WAS CURRENTLY IN SHENZHEN FOR A VISIT. HE HAD BEEN TO DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND THE YANTIAN DEEP WATER PORT WHERE HE DISCUSSED ITS DEVELOPMENT WITH HK TYCOON LI KA SHING AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF WHARF GROUP CHAIRMAN PETER WOO. IT WAS NOTED THE LOCAL HEAD OF NCNA ZHOU NAN HAD A MEETING WITH MR LI IN SHENZHEN TO REPORT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN HK.

RICHARD NEEDHAM

16. PAPERS NOTED (4-5.1) THE VISIT OF BRITISH TRADE MINISTER RICHARD NEEDHAM IN GUANGZHOU. MR NEEDHAM WAS QUOTED AS SAYING HE EXPECTED THE CURRENT DISPUTE BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA WOULD NOT SERIOUSLY AFFECT TRADE RELATIONS. MR NEEDHAM EXPRESSED OPTIMISM ABOUT THE CHANCE OF BRITISH COMPANIES' PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY IN GUANGZHOU.

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