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CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CHINESE REMARKS: PRESS REPORTS.
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LOCAL PRESS TODAY (3 APRIL) CARRIED EXTENSIVELY REMARKS MADE BY CHINESE OFFICIALS WHEN MEETING THE HONG KONG AFFAIRS ADVISERS YESTERDAY.
JIANG ZEMIN
2.
JIANG ZEMIN URGED THE ADVISERS TO VOICE MORE VIEWS ON THE PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE SAR TO FACILITATE SMOOTH TRANSITION AND MAINTENANCE OF STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. HE DID NOT REFER TO SINO- BRITISH RELATIONS OR THE POLITICAL ROW.
LI PENG
3. LI PENG CONTINUED TO ACCUSE US OF CAUSING THE CURRENT IMPASSE BY CLOSING THE DOOR OF TALKS. WHETHER THE IMPASSE COULD BE CHANGED DEPENDED ON BRITISH ATTITUDE. HE STRESSED THAT CHINESE POLICIES TOWARDS HONG KONG WOULD NOT CHANGE: CHINA WOULD CONTINUE TO ABIDE BY THE JD, BL AND OTHER UNDERSTANDINGS AND AGREEMENTS REACHED WITH THE BRITISH.
LU PING
4. LU PING SAID IN A DISCUSSION SESSION WITH THE ADVISERS THAT IF THE BRITISH SIDE DECIDED TO PRESS AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THE ELECTORAL BILL INTO LEGCO, IT WOULD NOT ONLY PLACE THE DOOR OF TALKS UNDER LOCK AND SEAL, BUT WOULD ALSO THROW THE KEY TO THE DOOR INTO THE OCEAN. THE GOVERNOR SHOULD NOT HARBOUR ANY UNREALISTIC HOPE THAT HE COULD NEGOTIATE WITH THE CHINESE AFTER PUTTING HIS PACKAGE TO LEGCO.
5. LU SAID THA THE CHINESE DOOR OF THE TALKS HAD ALWAYS BEEN KEPT OPEN: THE PERSISTENT CHINESE POSITION WAS TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS. HE DESCRIBED AS UNTENABLE THE ARGUMENT THAT SHOULD HKG OFFICIALS TAKE PART IN THE TALKS AS ADVISERS AND EXPERTS, THE STATUS OF HONG KONG WOULD BE DOWNGRADED. THIS WAS A MERE EXCUSE TO SABOTAGE
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