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FM HONG KONG
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OF 20100OZ JANUARY 93
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INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON. PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKGO GENEVA, UKMIS GENEVA
HONG KONG FUTURE: PRESS COVERAGE: (14.1
SUMMARY
20.1.93).
BESIDES CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, ITEMS FEATURED INCLUDED REMARKS BY WANG QIREN ON CONTRACTS AND THE AIRPORT AND CRC'S VISIT TO LONDON.
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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
2. REPORTS NOTED (14.1) LEGISLATORS VOTED 35 TO 2 WITH 15 ABSTENTIONS AGAINST PHILIP WONG'S MOTION URGING THE GOVERNOR NOT TO INTRODUCE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE. IT WAS NOTED ONLY THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE PRO-CHINA PARTY, THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF HONG KONG, TAM YIU CHUNG SUPPORTED THE MOTION.
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NCNA HONG KONG DIRECTOR, ZHOU NAN, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING (15.1) AT A DINNER WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 19 DBS THAT THE CHINESE POSITION ON THE POLITICAL PACKAGE HAD NOT CHANGED AND THE GOVERNOR SHOULD RETURN TO THE TRACK OF THE JD, BL AND SPECIFIC SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENTS. IT WAS NOTED THE DB CHAIRMEN PLANNED TO VISIT PEKING IN MARCH AT THE INVITATION OF MR ZHOU. NCNA VICE DIRECTOR ZHANG JUNSHENG WAS QUOTED AS INDICATING AT A MEETING WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRACY AND PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD THAT THE ASSOCIATION'S COUNTER PROPOSALS COULD BE DISCUSSED BUT THE FORMULA FOR THE 1995 ELECTIONS HAD BEEN VERY CLEAR: WHAT THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES WERE REQUIRED TO DO WAS TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF IMPLEMENTATION. MR ZHENG ALSO INDICATED IF THE BRITISH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES TRIED TO GET AN AMENDMENT PACKAGE THROUGH LEGCO, CHINA WOULD TAKE NECESSARY COUNTER MEASURES WHICH WOULD RESULT IN NEW CONFRONTATION.
HKMAO VICE DIRECTOR WANG QIREN WAS QUOTED (18.1) AS SAYING TO A VISITING AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELEGATION THAT THE
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