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The Prime Minister chaired a meeting this morning of the Cabinet Committee which deals with Hong Kong affairs, The Governor and HMA Peking took part.
Stock taking meeting after 15 rounds of talks.
Some progress in that the two sides are now engaged substantive discussion of the three major issues
the through train, the Election Committee and the
functional constituencies.
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But
major differences remain. still a big gap in what we each understand by fair and open elections.
We
shall
Not setting a deadline for the talks but time is
running out.
have to put proposals to LegCo soon if we are to have electoral arrangements in place on time.
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We will propose to the Chinese Government that the
16th round
19-20 November be the start of an
intensive phase of our work. Sir Robin McLaren and
team are ready to increase the pace of negotiations to
make the best use of the remaining
More frequent meetings continuous negotiations if necessary.
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