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PEOPLE SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER WHETHER THEY WOULD RATHER ACCEPT A LESS THAN IDEAL AGREEMENT WHICH NEVERTHELESS WOULD ENABLE THE EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF A CFA, OR NOT SETTING UP A CFA AT ALL. THE BARONESS ADDED THAT TIME WAS NEEDED TO BUILD UP CREDIBILITY OF AND CONFIDENCE IN THE CFA.
31. NCNA VICE- DIRECTOR ZHU YUCHENG SAID YESTERDAY THAT BOTH THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES SHOULD ABIDE BY THE JLG AGREEMENT ON THE CFA. HE HOPED THAT A COOPERATIVE ATMOSPHERE COULD BE CREATED BEFORE THE FIFTH ROUND OF CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS.
32. SEPARATELY, THE HK LAW SOCIETY CHAIRMAN SAID (10.6) HK SHOULD NOT PAY ANY PRICE FOR THE EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CFA. THE LAW SOCIETY STILL HELD THE VIEW THAT CFA SHOULD HAVE THE POWER TO DECIDE ON THE NUMBER OF OVERSEAS JUDGES. THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE JLG WAS AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF THE JD AND BL.
DENG XIAOPING
33. QUOTING PEKING SOURCES (4.6) THE LATEST EDITION OF THE MIRROR MAGAZINE REPORTED DENG ZIAOPING HAD SAID IN MAY THAT SHOULD HK BECOME AN ARENA FOR POLITICAL STRUGGLES, IT WOULD LOSE ITS ECONOMIC VALUE AND ALL INVESTORS WOULD FLEE. IT WAS OUT OF THE INTENTION TO AVOID POLITICAL WRESTLING IN HK THAT CHINA DECIDED NOT TO IMPOSE MAINLAND SYSTEMS AND NOT TO FORM POLITICAL BODIES IN HK. IN HANDLING HK AFFAIRS, MR DENG CONSIDERED IT WAS BETTER TO BE A LITTLE 'RIGHTIST' HAVING REGARD TO THE EXISTING SOCIAL REALITY, VALUE SYSTEM AND WAY OF LIFE IN HK. HE ADDED CHINA WOULD NOT CONCEDE ON MATTERS OF SOVEREIGNTY.
ADVERTISEMENT BAN
34. ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY MING PAO'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING TEAM (4.6), CHINA-FUNDED COMPANIES AND ORGANISATIONS HAD BEEN ORDERED NOT TO PLACE ADVERTISEMENTS IN 19 LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. CITING TWO CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE HK AND MACAU OFFICE OF THE BANK OF CHINA, THE PAPER SAID THE PAPERS INCLUDED MING PAO, HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL, HK DAILY NEWS, EXPRESS, SING TAO DAILY, SING TAO EVENING DAILY ETC. DAB CHAIRMAN TSANG YOK- SING TOLD THE PAPER THAT HE HAD NOT HEARD OF SUCH A BAN.
35. QUOTING CHINA TRAVEL SERVICES' ASSISTANT MANAGER LI SHI-NAN AND A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BANK OF CHINA, THE HK STANDARD REPORTED (5.6) BOTH DENIED THERE WAS ANY BAN. THE POST QUOTED AN NCNA HK BRANCH
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