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THE TALKS SHOULD BE KEPT BASED ON THE 'THREE CONFORMITIES' DB CHAIRMAN AMBROSE LAU QUOTED MR LI AS SAYING THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID MEGAPHONE DIPLOMACY'', THE TALKS WOULD BE REPT CONFIDENTIAL AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. A NCNA DISPATCH QUOTED THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN QICHEN AS SAYING THAT ALTHOUGH SOME PROBLEMS HAD EMERGED DURING THE COURSE OF THE RETURN OF HK TO CHINA, HE BELIEVED THEY COULD BE RESOLVED THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA. MEETING A GROUP OF CHINESE COMMUNITY LEADERS IN BANGKOK, MR QIAN SAID HK'S FINANCIAL STATUS, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND LEGAL SYSTEMS WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED AFTER ITS RETURN TO CHINA. HKMAO VICE DIRECTOR WANG QIREN WAS QUOTED (22.4) AS SAYING THE CHINESE SIDE WERE SINCERE ABOUT THE TALKS WHICH SHOULD BE BASED ON THE THREE CONFORMITIES''
LU PING
11. IN RECEIVING A DELEGATION OF DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN (19.4), LU PING SAID THAT AS THE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TALKS HAD MADE CLEAR, THE TALKS HAD TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE BASIS OF THE ''THREE COMPLIANCES''. ANY DEPARTURE FROM THIS BASIS WOULD MEAN THAT THERE WOULD BE NOTHING FOR THE TWO SIDES TO TALK ABOUT. HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE COULD BE NEITHER THE BASIS OF NOR THE STARTING POINT FOR THE TALKS.
12. ON THE THROUGH TRAIN, LU PING REMARKED (19.4) THAT THE NPC DECISION HAD MADE VERY CLEAR PROVISIONS. MEMBERS OF THE FUTURE SAR LEGISLATURE HAD NOT ONLY TO ABIDE BY THE BL BUT ALSO TO UP- HOLD IT. EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE BL WHETHER THEY AGREED WITH IT OR NOT. MR LU ADDED THAT THEY HOPED NO ONE WOULD HAVE TO GET OFF THE TRAIN BUT THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE.
13. THE DELEGATION ALSO RAISED WITH LU THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE COMING TALKS. ACCORDING TO TA KUNG PAO (19.4) SOME MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION QUOTED LU AS SAYING THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE TALKS WOULD BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. BUT SINCE THE QUESTION OF POLITICAL REFORM CONCERNED THE INTEREST OF SIX MILLION HK PEOPLE THE CHINESE WOULD FULLY LISTEN TO THEIR VIEWS THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS. MR LU WAS REPORTED IN THE EXPRESS TO HAVE SAID THAT THE CHINESE WOULD CONSIDER MAKING A STATEMENT ON THE TALKS AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
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REMARKS BY LU PING (21.4) TO A HK BUSINESS DELEGATION CARRIED BY A CNS DISPATCH WERE PROMINENTLY REPORTED. SOME REPORTS NOTED MR LU SAID IF THE AGREEMENT REACHED IN THE TALKS
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