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NPC/SC MEMBERS HAD SUGGESTED TO CHAIRMAN QIAO SHI IN EARLY JUNE THAT SHOULD BRITAIN TAKE FURTHER TRANSGRESSIVE ACTIONS, CHINA SHOULD RESUME SOVEREIGNTY OVER HK AT AN EARLIER DATE.
PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE
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MANY PAPERS REPORTED THAT AT THE NPC/SC MEETING HELD ON 1 JULY, NCNA DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN SAID THAT THE WORKING COMMITTEE WOULD STUDY WAYS TO ENSURE CONVERGENCE WITH BL IN ALL RESPECTS OF HK'S OPERATION. ON THE POLITICAL SIDE, THE COMMITTEE WOULD EXAMINE THE FORMATION METHOD OF THE FIRST SARG AND THE LEGISLATURE. ON THE LEGAL FRONT, THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE TASKED WITH PROMOTING THE BL AND STUDYING WHETHER ANY EXISTING LEGISLATION CONTRAVENED THE BL. THE COMMITTEE WOULD ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING VIEWS ON ECONOMIC MATTERS WHICH WOULD STRADDLE 1997. ZHOU STRESSED THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD NOT FORM A SECOND CENTRE OF POWER: IT WAS OF A DIFFERENT NATURE FROM AND COULD NOT BE REPLACED BY THE JLG: AND THAT ITS FORMATION WOULD NOT AFFECT THE ON-GOING POLITICAL TALKS. SOME PAPERS NOTED THAT ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE PASSED AT THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE NPC/SC MEETING TODAY.
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SEPARATELY, BOTH MFA SPOKESMAN FAN HUIJUAN AND NCNA VICE- DIRECTOR QIN WENJUN ECHOED ZHOU'S REMARKS THAT THE SETTING UP OF THE COMMITTEE WOULD NOT AFFECT THE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION BY HKG
BEFORE 1997.
CIVIL SERVICE
11. THE CHINA NEWS AGENCY CARRIED A COMMENTARY IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE BAUHINIA MAGAZINE WHICH GAVE ASSURANCE THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY MAJOR RESHUFFLE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE AFTER 1997. CIVIL SERVANTS WITH THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN UK COULD STAY ON BUT THOSE OCCUPYING SENIOR POSITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE BL COULD ONLY DO SO IF THEY RENOUNCE THE FOREIGN RIGHT OF ABODE.
JLG
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WEN WEI PO REPORTED GUO FENGMIN AS SAYING THAT THERE WOULD BE TWO MORE JLG MEETINGS THIS YEAR.
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