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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKIN@7-UERÉP
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: GAZETTAL: FURTHER REACTION.
SEPARATE STOVE
1. HONG KONG DEPUTY TO NPC, TSANG TAK-SHING, WAS COLLECTING SIGNATURES AMONG NPC DEPUTIES TO SUPPORT HIS PROPOSAL THAT THE NPC SHOULD SET UP A WORKING COMMITTEE TALKED WITH DRAFTING THE LEGISLATION ESSENTIAL TO THE TRANSITION, INCLUDING THE ELECTORAL LAW FOR THE FIRST SAR LEGISLATURE AND THE LAW ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE CFA. TSANG SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT HE COULD SECURE THE SUPPORT OF 30 DEPUTIES TO ENABLE HIM TO TABLE HIS PROPOSAL AT THE NPC.
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PRESS REPORTS ALSO INDICATE THAT LI PENG HAD MERELY RESTATED THE CHINESE POSITION IN HIS TWO-HOUR SESSION WITH NPC AND CPPCC DELEGATES FROM HONG KONG AND MACAU YESTERDAY. LI WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT CHINA WANTED CO-OPERATION BUT NOT CONFRONTATION. BUT CHINA WOULD NOT BARTER AWAY PRINCIPLES. THE QUESTION OF SETTING UP A SEPARATE STOVE WAS A BIG ONE AND WIDE CONSULTATION SHOULD BE CONDUCTED SO THAT SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC SUPPORT COULD BE SECURED.
3. CPPCC DELEGATE XU XIMIN WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SUGGESTED AT THE SESSION WITH LI THAT MASS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DEMONSTRATIONS SHOULD BE ORGANISED IN HONG KONG TO RALLY SUPPORT FOR THE CHINESE. PRESS REPORTS ALSO QUOTED HIM AS SAYING IF THE BRITISH DID NOT CO-OPERATE THE CHINESE SHOULD MAKE CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT. XU HOWEVER DENIED TO THE PRESS LATER THAT HE HAD MADE SUCH REMARKS.
REACTION OF LEGCO MEMBERS TO LU PING'S PRESS CONFERENCE
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MARTIN LEE (UDHK) SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE BRITISH HAD CLOSED TWO DOORS TO NEGOTIATIONS. HE HOPED THE TWO SIDES COULD TRY THEIR BEST TO GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. SZETO WAH CRITICISED SOME LOCAL NPC AND CPPCC DELEGATES FOR PROPOSING
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