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END OF THIS MONTH THE FORMATION OF A WORK ORGAN TO SET UP THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE. THE CHINESE HAD ALREADY DECIDED ON THE MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANISATION OF THE WORK ORGAN, AND HAD STARTED LAST WEEK TO CANVASS VIEWS OF LOCAL NPC DELEGATES AND HK AFFAIRS ADVISERS. AN UNNAMED NPC DELEGATE SAID THE BODY WOULD BE HEADED BY NPC VICE CHAIRMAN AND FORMER BLDC MEMBER WANG HANBIN. MEMBERSHIP WOULD BE DRAWN FROM BOTH HK AND CHINA, INCLUDING FORMER BLDC, BLCC MEMBERS, OFFICIALS FROM THE CHINESE MFA, HKMAO STATE COUNCIL AND NCNA. DAB CHAIRMAN TSANG YOK-SING SAID THAT THE SETTING UP OF THE WORK ORGAN WAS NOT RELATED TO THE ON-GOING TALKS. THE ORGAN WOULD RESEARCH INTO POST-1997 MATTERS AND WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH OR AFFECT HKG'S ADMINISTRATION OF HK BEFORE 1997. A NPC DELEGATE CHENG YIU-TONG, WAS ALSO QUOTED AS SAYING THE SETTING UP OF THE WORK ORGAN SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE TALKS.

26. SCMP REPORTED (9.6) CHINESE SOURCES AS SAYING CHINA HAD INTENSIFIED PREPARATION AND CONSULTATION ON THE WORK ORGAN BECAUSE THE BRITISH SIDE HAD SHOWN LIMITED SINCERITY IN THE TALKS BY PLAYING TOO MANY TRICKS.

27. MR LU PING TOLD (10.6) A VISITING YOUTH ORGANISATION FROM HK, THAT HK PEOPLE SHOULD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE TRANSITION, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS. IT WAS IMPORTANT A GOOD FOUNDATION WAS BUILT UP TO PREPARE FOR IMPLEMENTATION AFTER 1997 THE PRINCIPALS OF HK PEOPLE ADMINISTERING HK' AND 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'. IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE EIGHT NPC PASSED THE DECISION TO FORM A WORK ORGAN, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE HK PARTICIPANTS, TO PREPARE FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE.

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28. MANY PAPERS REPORTED (9.6) IN REPLY TO A LETTER FROM LEGISLATOR ALLEN LEE, LU PING SAID THE JLG AGREEMENT ON THE CFA WOULD NOT BE AMENDED. THE CHINESE SIDE WERE SINCERE IN IMPLEMENTING THE AGREEMENT. IF THE BRITISH SIDE DID NOT DO THEIR PART, CHINA WOULD SET UP A COURT OF FINAL APPEAL AFTER 1997 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE

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29. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID (9.4) THE LEGISLATION WAS BEING DRAFTED ON THE BASIS OF THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON THE CFA AND THAT THIS WORK WOULD TAKE SOME MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

30. A NUMBER OF PAPERS (9.4) QUOTED BARONESS DUNN AS SAYING HK

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