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OF 200912Z OCTOBER 92
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG
LEGCO ADDRESS: CHINESE REACTION, 20 OCTOBER
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NCNA HK BRANCH DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN SAID IN PEKING YESTERDAY THAT QUOTE SOME PEOPLE UNQUOTE WERE DELIBERATELY TWISTING THE MEANING OF THE BL TO CREATE CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS. HE SAID THE PROBLEMS COULD BE SOLVED IF THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES USED THEIR INSIGHT AND BROAD KNOWLEDGE AS POLITICIANS.
2. THE LEFT-WING PRESS PROMINENTLY REPORTED REMARKS OF A GROUP OF HK AFFAIRS ADVISERS AT A FORUM TO DISCUSS MY POLICY ADDRESS YESTERDAY. THE PARTICIPANTS UNANIMOUSLY ACCUSED ME OF VIOLATING THE JD AND THE BL AND URGED CHINA TO STAND FIRM IN ITS OPPOSITION TO MY PROPOSED REFORMS.
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PRO-CHINA LEGCO MEMBER TAM YIU-CHUNG WROTE TO ME EXPRESSING HIS OPPOSITION TO THE SETTING UP OF A GOVERNMENT LEGCO COMMITTEE AND THE WORRY THAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD TURN OUT TO BE A SUPER LEGCO, WHICH WOULD NOT BE FAVOURABLE TO INDEPENDENT LEGISLATORS.
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THE LEFT-WING PRESS CONTINUED TO ATTACK MY POLITICAL PACKAGE IN NO LESS THAN 7 COMMENTARIES AND COLUMNS. WEN WEI PO LIKENED MY POLITICAL PACKAGE TO A QUOTE DAGGER WHICH HAD BEEN EXPOSED AS THE MAP WAS UNFOLDED UNQUOTE (A REFERENCE TO A FAMOUS ASSASSINATION IN CHINESE HISTORY), ADDING THAT IT WAS JUST A BID TO EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS FOR SOVEREIGNTY AND TO RETURN THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE OF HK. CRITICISING ME FOR QUOTE PLAYING THE DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC OPINION CARDS UNQUOTE, THE PAPER SAID THAT THERE WAS ALREADY TACIT UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND LEGCO WHEN THE SINGLE SEAT, SINGLE VOTE SYSTEM FOR THE 1995 POLLS WAS PASSED. THE PAPER FURTHER WARNED THAT MY INSISTENCE ON THE POLITICAL PROPOSALS WOULD ONLY HARM BRITISH INVESTORS'
INTERESTS IN HK.
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