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CHINESE FOREIGN VICE MINISTER, TIAN ZENGPEI, WHICH APPEARED TO CONTRADICT WANG AND CHEN'S REMARKS ABOVE. MR TIAN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING HE DID NOT THINK THE SARG'S TRADE WITH A PARTICULAR COUNTRY WOULD BE AFFECTED IF THAT COUNTRY WAS IN DISPUTE WITH CHINA. HKSAR WOULD BE UNDER A DIFFERENT SYSTEM AND COULD MAKE ITS OWN DECISIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SITUATION.
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WANG QIREN WAS QUOTED (19.1) AS TELLING A VISITING AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELEGATION THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD APPROPRIATELY DEAL WITH ALL CONTRACTS STRADDLING 1997. MR WANG STRESSED CONTRACTS INVOLVING HE HKG WOULD NEED TO OBTAIN PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE CHINESE SIDE: OTHERWISE, THE FUTURE SAR WOULD NOT RECOGNISE THEM. MR WANG CLAIMED THIS WAS IN ACCORDANCE TO THE JD AND THE BL. MR WANG AT THE SAME TIME INDICATED THE CHINESE WOULD USE A BLANKET APPROACH TO DEAL WITH THE MAJORITY OF THESE CONTRACTS. AS REGARDS THOSE SIGNIFICANT ONES WHICH WOULD CREATE OBLIGATIONS ON THE FUTURE SAR, THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD DEAL WITH THEM WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
AIRPORT
9. THE PRO-PEKING PRESS REPORTED (16.1) REMARKS ON THE AIRPORT MADE BY A VICE DIRECTOR OF HKMAO, WANG QIREN. MR WANG SAID IF THE BRITISH HKG WOULD ACT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE MOU AND FOLLOW THE 'LOW COST, HIGH EFFICIENCY' PRINCIPLE, AND WOULD NOT BRING A HEAVY BURDEN TO THE SARG, THEN THE NEW AIRPORT COULD BE BUILT. HOWEVER, IF THE BRITISH TOOK UNILATERAL ACTIONS, THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES. IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HUANGTIAN AIRPORT AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HONG KONG NEW AIRPORT, MR WANG INDICATED SOME HONG KONG PEOPLE MADE THIS SUGGESTION AND THE CHINESE HAD TAKEN
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HONG KONG DELEGATES TO THE NPC
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THE NCNA HONG KONG DIRECTOR, ZHANG JUNSHENG, WAS QUOTED (16.1) BY UNITED DAILY NEWS AS SAYING THAT NCNA HONG KONG HAD SUBMITTED TO THE GUANGDONG NPC THE NOMINATIONS MADE FOR HONG KONG AND MACAU DELEGATES TO THE NPC. THE PAPER QUOTED SOURCES AS INDICATING THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WERE CONSIDERING FORMING THE NEW HONG KONG AND MACAU NPC DELEGATES INTO A HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS COMMITTEE UNDER THE NATIONAL NPC TO STRENGTHEN THEIR MONITORING CAPABILITIES. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO SOME PEOPLE, SUCH A COMMITTEE WAS MORE FOR UNITED FRONT PURPOSES THAN DISCHARGING
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