TNAG-2770-FCO40-3987-Coverage-of-Sino-British-talks-in-the-Hong-Kong-press-1993 — Page 80

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MDLIAN 4817

WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTY

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THE EXPRESS NOTED (12.7) PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE MEMBER RITA FAN AND LEGISLATOR PEGGY LAM HAD FORMED A WOMEN'S GROUP LAST MONTH, WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF MEMBERS WITH PRO-CHINA BACKGROUND. THE PAPER QUOTED SOURCES AS SAYING NCNA HAD HELPED PROMOTE THIS GROUP BEHIND THE SCENE WITH A VIEW TO TURNING IT INTO A WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTY IN TIME FOR THE 1995 ELECTIONS.

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