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PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY CHINESE OFFICIALS ON HONG KONG: APRL 1993
General
7 April
22 April
Triads
19 April
Zhou Nan reported to have said that China wanted cooperation not confrontation on Hong Kong. The responsibility for causing the present situation did not lie with the Chinese side. They still hoped the British could enter into consultation with them according to the "fair and reasonable" proposal of the Chinese. Hong Kong telno 559
Foreign Minister Qian Qichen in Bangkok reported to have said that while there were some problems between Britain and China at present, he believed they could be resolved through negotiations. Hong Kong telno 625
China Daily: Spokesman of Ministry of Public Security: China was determined to wipe out all kinds of underworld activity and was cooperating with many countries and regions, including Hong Kong, to this end. Triad activity was strictly forbidden on the mainland. If members of criminal organisations committed crimes in Hong Kong and fled to the mainland, Chinese police would help their Hong Kong counterparts track them down. Minister Tao Siju's remarks had been deliberately distorted. Kong telno 563
Hong
Talks
23 April
24 April
Lu Ping told BPF delegation that he believed Hong Kong's stability and prosperity could be maintained whatever the outcome of the current talks might be. If both sides were able to reach an agreement on the 94/95 elections, it would help resolve other issues. Hong Kong telnos 634, 660
The
Ming Pao quotes Chinese official sources as saying the Chinese had come up with their own blueprint on the arrangements fo the 1994/95 elections and were prepared to raise this with the British side. They agreed in principle with the single seat single vote system and the lowering of the voting age to 18. new functional constituencies should be defined according to the principles of the 1984 and 1988 White Papers. The Chinese wanted to expand the existing labour and educational constituencies by adding one seat each. The Election committee should follow the stipulations for the Selection Committee for the first Chief Executive. Reservations about the proposal that all should ride the through train. Hong Kong telno 660
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