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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PRESS REPORTS.
TALKS.
1. MOST PAPERS TODAY HIGHLIGHTED SIR ROBIN MCLAREN'S REMARKS MADE AFTER YESTERDAY'S SESSION THAT THE BRITISH SIDE HAD TAKEN A SERIES OF POSITIVE ACTIONS DURING THE TALKS, NOTING THAT HE HAD DECLINED TO REVEAL THE DETAILS OF THESE ACTIONS. WHEN ASKED WHETHER TAKING THESE ACTIONS MEANT THAT THE BRITISH SIDE HAD MADE CONCESSIONS, SIR ROBIN SAID HE HAD NOT SAID SO. HE NOTED THAT THE TALKS HAD MADE SOME PROGRESS, BUT MORE PROGRESS WOULD BE NEEDED. WHEN ASKED WHETHER THE ISSUE OF 'SINCERITY' HAD BEEN RESOLVED, SIR ROBIN SAID THAT BOTH SIDES HAD NOT SPENT MUCH TIME ON THIS ISSUE AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD CAUSE OBSTACLES TO THE TALKS.
2.
HONG KONG STANDARD HIGHLIGHTED SIR ROBIN'S REMARK THAT HE HAD NO IDEA HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO STRIKE A DEAL WITH CHINA. ΤΙΝ ΤΙΝ QUOTED SIR ROBIN AS SAYING THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER THE TALKS COULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE LEGCO RECESS IN JULY.
3.
ACCORDING TO RADIO REPORTS THIS MORNING, SIR ROBIN HAD CLARIFIED HIS REMARKS ABOUT POSITIVE MOVES BY THE BRITISH SIDE BEFORE TODAY'S SESSIONS. HE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT REFERRING TO THE TALKS ON CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ADDED THAT THE NEW PROPOSALS FOR AIRPORT'S FINANCING WERE EXAMPLES OF POSITIVE MOVES
BY THE BRITISH SIDE.
4.
VICE DIRECTOR OF NCNA HONG KONG, ZHU YUCHENG, WAS REPORTED BY WEN WEI, UNITED DAILY AND TIN TIN AS SAYING THAT IF THE BRITISH SIDE CLAIMED TO HAVE SINCERITY, THEY SHOULD PRODUCE SOME ACTIONS, NOT JUST WORDS: THEY SHOULD ABIDE BY THE AGREEMENTS REACHED BY BOTH SIDES AND THE PRINCIPLE OF 'THREE CONFORMITIES'. UNITED DAILY AND EXPRESS ALSO QUOTED CHU AS SAYING THAT YESTERDAY'S TALK SEEMED TO HAVE MADE PROGRESS, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT KNOW THE ACTUAL SITUATION OF THE TALK.
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