LD CERTAINLY NEVER BE SAID BY THE HKG. THE GOVERNOR SAID EFFORT SHOULD BE PUT INTO FINDING A FAIR, OPEN AND ACCEPTABLE ELECTION IN HK RATHER THAN EXCHANGING CRITICISM.
12. AN ARTICLE IN THE FORM OF A LETTER IN THE OCTOBER ISSUE OF THE OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STRESSED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DENG XIAOPING'S REMARKS 11 YEARS AGO. THE ARTICLE SAID IT WAS NO BIG DEAL IF THE TALKS DID NOT SUCCEED. IN 1997, HK SAR WOULD SET UP THE FIRST LEGISLATURE ACCORDING TO THE BL. WHETHER THE TALKS WOULD SUCCEED, CHINA WOULD FIRMLY IMPLEMENT THE''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' AND 'HK PEOPLE RULING HK' CONCEPTS.
13. THE PAPERS (15.10) PROMINENTLY REPORTED THE GOVERNOR SAID IF IT WAS THE CHINESE POSITION THAT IN ORDER TO HELP CONCENTRATE ATTENTION ON THE BIG ISSUES THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO AGREE NOW ON SOME ISSUES WHICH SHOULD BE STRAIGHTFORWARD, LIKE VOTING AGE, VOTING METHOD, DISTRICT BOARD AND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS, THEN HE HOPED THE POINT WOULD BE PUT VERY CLEARLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS. THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THIS WOULD NOT BUY MORE TIME AND WOULD NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO THE TIME PRESSURES AS FAR AS LEGCO ELECTIONS WERE CONCERNED. THE PRESS WIDELY NOTED THE GOVERNOR WOULD RETURN TO HK AFTER VISITING LONDON NEXT MONTH AND CHIEF SECRETARY DESIGNATE ANSON CHAN WOULD REPLACE HIM ON THE EUROPEAN TRIP TO PROMOTE HK. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE HOLDING DISCUSSION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE FOREIGN SECRETARY ON THE LATEST SITUATION IN THE TALKS. THE GOVERNOR HAD MADE CLEAR THERE WERE WEEKS REMAINING BEFORE IMPORTANT DECISIONS HAD TO BE MADE IN THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS. THE GOVERNOR THEREFORE WISHED TO RETURNED TO HK FOLLOWING THIS DISCUSSIONS IN LONDON.
14. HKMAO VICE DIRECTOR WANG QIREN SAID (16.10) THE CHINESE SIDE STOOD FIRM ON THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS AND THEIR POSITION WAS TO DECOUPLE THE TALKS ONLY ON THE BASIS OF THE THREE ACCORDS INSTEAD . OF THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS. NCNA VICE DIRECTOR ZHANG JUNSHENG WAS
QUOTED AS REITERATING THE TALKS SHOULD ONLY BE HELD ON THE BASIS OF THE THREE ACCORDS AND NOT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS.
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