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13 JAN 1992
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP L HONG KONG
035470 MDHIAN 4766
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CHINESE ATTITUDE
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TODAY'S PAPERS REPORT PROMINENTLY REMARKS BY LU PING TO A VISITING HONG KONG CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELEGATION ON 7 JANUARY. REMARKS BY LI PENG AND JIANG ZEMIN TO THE SAME
DELEGATION ON 8 JANUARY HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
MINISTERIAL MEETING
2. WEN WEI PAO REPORT LU AS SAYING THAT THE TWO FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING PLANNED FOR MARCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOU WOULD DEPEND ON THE ATTITUDE OF THE BRITISH SIDE - ON WHETHER OR NOT THE BRITISH WANTED TO HOLD THE MEETING. CHINA HAD NO PROBLEM ABOUT THE MEETING. LU SAID THAT NOT EVERY SUCH MEETING NECESSARILY HAD TO DISCUSS HONG KONG MATTERS. THEY COULD ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MATTERS SUCH AS BILATERAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.
LEGCO DEBATE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
3. OTHER PAPERS REPORT LU AS SAYING THAT CHINA WOULD REJECT ANY POLITICAL REFORM DECIDED BY LEGCO WHICH FAILED TO CONVERGE WITH THE BASIC LAW. ASKED WHETHER THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD ACCEPT MY PACKAGE AFTER AMENDMENT BY LEGCO, LU SAID THAT IT DEPENDED ON HOW THE PACKAGE WAS AMENDED.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
4.
LU SAID THE SETTING UP OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE SMOOTH TRANSITION OF HONG KONG MIGHT NOT/NOT NECESSARILY BE AFTER THE LEGCO DEBATE IN FEBRUARY.
LI PENG'S COMMENTS
5. LI PENG IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT CHINA WOULD NOT MAKE CONCESSIONS ON THE BASIC LAW AND THE ACCORD REACHED BY BRITAIN AND CHINA.
JIANG ZEMIN'S COMMENTS
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JIANG ZEMIN SAID THAT SINCE 40 PERCENT OF CHINA'S EXPORTS
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