TNAG-2770-FCO40-3987-Coverage-of-Sino-British-talks-in-the-Hong-Kong-press-1993 — Page 94

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MDHIAN

S OF S ADOPTED AN UNCOOPERATIVE ATTITUDE OVER THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES.

14. HKMAO VICE-DIRECTOR WANG QIREN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO HAVE THE NEW AIRPORT BUILT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT THE PROJECT HAD TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIRPORT MOU. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE SINCERELY HOPED THAT CT9 WOULD BE RESOLVED AS WELL.

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15. LAU SIU-KAI A HK AFFAIRS ADVISER, ALSO QUOTED WANG AS SAYING THAT THE BRITISH SIDE HAD TAKEN CHINESE SINCERITY ON THE AIRPORT ISSUE AS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS WHICH COULD BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.

POLLS

16. WAH KIU YAT PO CARRIED OUT A SURVEY AMONG LEGCO MEMBERS ON THE

GOVERNOR'S PERFORMANCE IN THE PAST YEAR. 18 MEMBERS RESPONDED. THE SURVEY COVERED FIVE AREAS NAMELY: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SINO-HK RELATIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMY AND PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD. RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

(A) INFRASTRUCTURE : 2.88 (OUT OF A

TOTAL OF 5)

(B) PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD : 2.82

(C) ECONOMY

(D)

2.72

CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: 2.61

(E) SINO-HK RELATIONS : 1.03

OVERALL AVERAGE : 2.43

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