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MDLIAN 3657
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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1385
OF 27101OZ AUGUST 93
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK
INFO ROUTINE HKGO SAN FRANCISCO, HKGO GENEVA
(PART TWO OF TWO)
HONG KONG FUTURE: PRESS COVERAGE: (22.8-27.8)
PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE
7. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH SING TAO DAILY, (26.8) MARTIN LEE OF THE UDHK CRITICISED THAT PWC'S WORK TOUCHED ON LAW AND ORDER AND BUDGET ESTIMATES WHICH WENT BEYOND ITS POWER AND INTERFERED WITH HK'S INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION. HE ADDED THE PWC'S WORK SHOULD BE LIMITED TO DRAWING UP THE CHARTER AND RECOMMENDING MEMBERS FOR THE SARPC. MING PAO LEARNED THE HK COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE WOULD SET UP A GROUP OF 10 TO 15 PEOPLE NEXT MONTH TO ASSIST IN THE CONSULTATION WORK OF THE PWC'S SOCIAL AND SECURITY SUB-GROUP. THE MEMBERS WOULD BE IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES SECTOR. (THE EXPRESS ON 27.8 NOTED THE COUNCIL DENIED THIS REPORT). SOME PAPERS (27.8) QUOTED CHINESE SOURCES AS SAYING CHINA PLANNED TO SET UP A LIAISON OFFICE FOR THE PWC IN HK AT THE CHINA BUILDING BUT IT DID NOT WANT TO REGISTER WITH THE AUTHORITIES. THE SOURCES SAID IF THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE THE LIAISON OFFICE WOULD BE SET IN SHENZHEN.
MILITARY SITES
8. THE HK ECONOMIC TIMES (27.8) LEARNED CHINA WAS READY TO AGREE TO THE ALLOCATION OF THE LAND AT HMS TAMAR, OTHER THAN THE PRINCE OF WALES BUILDING, FOR COMMERCIAL USE BY THE HKG BEFORE 1997. THE PAPER SAID THE JLG'S DEFENCE AND SECURITY SUB-GROUP PLANNED TO MEET ON 1-3 SEPTEMBER TO PREPARE FOR THE 27TH JLG MEETING IN PEKING IN MID-SEPTEMBER. THE PAPER SAID THE BRITISH SIDE HOPED AN OVERALL AGREEMENT ON MILITARY LANDS COULD BE REACHED AT THE 28TH ROUND OF JLG MEETINGS IN LONDON AT THE END OF THE YEAR. IT HOPED THE AGREEMENT WOULD SPECIFY THE LAND HANDED TO THE PLA WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO MILITARY USE.
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