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THE SAR TO BE THE 'OBJECTIVE CRITERIA' FOR THE THROUGH TRAIN. THE

PAPER ALSO CRITICISED THE GOVERNOR FOR SAYING THAT THE ELECTORAL

ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE TABLED IN LEGCO.

8. WEN WEI PO CONTINUED TO CRITICISE THE BRITISH SIDE'S POSITIONS

ON THE FCS, THE ELECTION COMMITTEE AND THE THROUGH TRAIN IN FAMILIAR TERMS. THE PAPER SAID THAT IT WAS STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE TWO SIDES TO REACH AN AGREEMENT PROVIDED THAT THE BRITISH SIDE NO

LONGER INSISTED ON THE GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL PACKAGE.

PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE

9. THE PAPERS REPORTED THAT NPC CHAIRMAN QIAO SHI WOULD PRESENT APPOINTMENT LETTERS TO MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE

AS ITS INAUGURATORY MEETING TODAY. THE PAPERS ALSO REPORTED THAT JIANG ZEMIN, QIAO SHI AND ZHU RONGJI WOULD MEET THE MEMBERS.

10. DIRECTOR OF THE WORKING COMMITTEE QIAN QICHEN WAS QUOTED BY THE PAPERS AS SAYING DURING A MEETING WITH VICE-DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE SECRETARIAT THAT THE WORK OF THE PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS. THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS QUOTED SOURCES AS SAYING THAT QIAN WOULD TODAY OPENLY CLARIFY THAT THE WORKING COMMITTEE WOULD NOT BECOME A SECOND POWER CENTRE OR A SHADOW GOVERNMENT. MEMBERSHIP OF THE FIVE SUB- GROUPS UNDER THE WORKING COMMITTEE WAS DECIDED YESTERDAY. EACH SUB- GROUP WOULD BE HEADED BY A MAINLAND AND A HK MEMBER. IT WAS NOTED THAT MAINLAND MEMBERS HOLDING OFFICIAL TITLES HAD NOT BEEN

APPOINTED AS CONVENORS OF THE SUB-GROUPS. THE SUB-GROUPS AND THE

CONVENORS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

MAINLAND

SUB-GROUP

HK CONVENOR

CONVENOR

A) POLITICAL

AFFAIRS

LEUNG CHUN-YING

XIAO WEIYUN

B) ECONOMIC

AFFAIRS

NELLIE FONG

GAO SHANGQUAN

C) LEGAL

SIMON LI

SHAO TIANREN

AFFAIRS

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