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SO, BOTH SIDES COULD THEN PROCEED WITH THE DISCUSSIONS. CHEN HOPED THAT IN THIS WAY PROGRESS COULD BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOU. ACCORDING TO WEN WEI PO, CHEN DID NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ON WHEN EXACTLY THE AC COULD MEET AGAIN. HE STRESSED THAT IT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW THE TWO SIDES MADE PREPARATIONS.

5. CHEN ALSO DODGED QUESTIONS ON WHETHER SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS HAD IMPROVED FOLLOWING THE RESUMPTION OF THE TALKS ON THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS AND THE LAND COMMISSION MEETING. HE SAID THAT ''A NUMBER OF GUIDELINES ON SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN INTO THE JD''.

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6. QUOTING SOURCES SING TAO DAILY REPORTED THAT THE CHINESE HAD DRAWN UP AN INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR THE PRELIMINARY WORK ORGAN FOR THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE. A SECRETARIAT WOULD BE FORMED IN SHENZHEN ONCE THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE APPROVED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ORGAN. THE COMPOSITION AND LIKELY MEMBERS OF THE ORGAN HAD BEEN WORKED OUT. A HONG KONG MEMBER MIGHT BE APPOINTED TO HEAD THE SECRETARIAT. FOR THE TIME BEING, THINGS WOULD NOT BE HANDLED IN A HIGH PROFILE SINCE THE 1994/95 TALKS WERE STILL IN PROGRESS.

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