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CONCRETE FUNCTIONS.
''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'
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THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY JIANG ZEMIN SAID (18.1) AT A MEETING WITH THE MACAU BASIC LAW DRAFTERS IN PEKING THAT THE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'' CONCEPT WAS A VERY GOOD ONE DEVISED BY DENG XIAOPING. IT WAS NOT ONLY APPLICABLE TO HONG KONG AND MACAU, IN FUTURE IT WOULD BE USED FOR REUNIFICATION WITH TAIWAN.
OFFICIAL VISITS TO CHINA
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REPORTS NOTED (19.1) THE VISIT TO PEKING BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR BARRY WIGGHAM TO DISCUSS A CIVIL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMME. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HKMAO, WANG FENGCHAO, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING MR WIGGHAM'S VISIT SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS A BREAKTHROUGH OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS AS CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS WOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED.
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THE POLITICAL ADVISER, WILLIAM EHRMAN WAS QUOTED (20.1) AS SAYING ON HIS RETURN FROM ATTENDING THE ANNUAL BORDER LIAISON MEETING IN DONGGUAN THAT THE MEETING WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. MR EHRMAN SAID BOTH SIDES HAD AGREED TO STEP UP CO-OPERATION VARIOUS AREAS INCLUDING CURBING SMUGGLING AND CROSS-BORDER CRIMES.
VISIT BY CRC
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CRC'S MEETINGS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE FOREIGN SECRETARY WERE PROMINENTLY COVERED (20.1). PAPERS QUOTED MR HURD AS SAYING AFTER THE MEETING THAT HE WOULD BE PLEASED TO MEET THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER PROVIDED THERE WOULD BE PROGRESS. MR HURD INSISTED THAT THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES HAD NOT REACHED ANY UNDERSTANDING ON THE QUESTION OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND THAT THE BRITISH SIDE BELIEVED THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS ON THE ELECTION COMMITTEE AND FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BL. MR HURD SAID HONG KONG HAD CHANGED AND THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WISHED TO HAVE MORE SAY IN THEIR FUTURE.
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CRC LEADER ALLEN LEE HAD AT A PRESS CONFERENCE INDICATED THAT THE CRC FEARED THAT IF THE DISPUTE CONTINUED, AND UNDER A SHADOW GOVERNMENT SET UP BY THE CHINESE SIDE, THERE WOULD BE A
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