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5. LOCAL PAPERS ALSO PLAYED UP QIAO SHI'S REMARKS IN MEETING NPC DEPUTIES FROM HONG KONG AND MACAU THAT THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG HAD TO BE RESOLVED ON THE BASIS OF THE THREE COMPLIANCES. HE HOPED THAT ALL DIFFICULTIES COULD BE OVERCOME AND A SMOOTH TRANSITION ACHIEVED.

PRELIMINARY WORK ORGANISATION FOR SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

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SOME PAPERS NOTED THAT THE NPC RESOLUTION ON SETTING UP THE PRELIMINARY WORK ORGANISATION HAD NOT MENTIONED ANY DATE OR EVEN GIVE THE ORGANISATION A PROPER NAME. THIS SHOWED THE CHINESE WERE TAKING A FLEXIBLE APPROACH. HK ECONOMIC TIMES URGED THAT IN SETTING UP A SECOND KITCHEN, AN OPEN AND COMPREHENSIVE CONSULTATION EXERCISE IN HONG KONG WOULD BE NECESSARY..

ZHOU NAN

7. ZHOU NAN TOLD THE PRESS THAT FOLLOWING NPC'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE RESOLUTION, THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE WOULD DECIDE WHEN SUCH A WORK ORGANISATION WOULD BE SET UP. IT WOULD ALSO DECIDE ON ITS NAME AND MEMBERSHIP ETC. ZHOU DID NOT HOWEVER WAY WHEN THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE WOULD CONSIDER THE MATTER.

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