TNAG-2770-FCO40-3987-Coverage-of-Sino-British-talks-in-the-Hong-Kong-press-1993 — Page 63

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MDHIAN 8982

PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE

8. THE MINISTRY HKMAO VICE-DIRECTOR WANG QIREN SAID THAT THE PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE WOULD NOT FORM A SECOND POWER CENTRE, IT WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HKG BEFORE 1997, NOR WOULD IT AFFECT THE NORMAL OPERATION OF THE JLG.

9. THE PAPERS REPORTED ZHOU NAN AS SAYNG THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THE WORKING COMMITTEE TO SET UP AN ADVISORY BODY SIMILAR TO THE FORMER BLCC TO COLLECT PUBLIC VIEWS AS THERE WERE ALREADY MANY

CHANNELS FOR THE SOLICITATION OF PUBLIC OPINIONS. ZHOU DID NOT RULE

OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT JIANG ZEMIN MIGHT MEET THE HK MEMBERS AT

THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE.

10. THE HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CONVENORS FOR THE FIVE WORKING GROUPS UNDER THE WORKING COMMITTEE WOULD BE APPOINTED

AND NOT ELECTED AMONGST MEMBERS. SING TAO DAILY LEARNT THAT HK MEMBERS WHO WOULD BE APPOINTED AS CONVENORS WERE LEUNG CHUN-YING, RITA FAN AND SIMON LI.

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LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS

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