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HONG KONG: COMMENTS BY MFA SPOKESMAN
1. A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AT THE MFA WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE ON 25 JUNE CONCERNING HONG KONG.
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A REPORTER FROM THE HONG KONG TA KUNG PAO ASKED WHETHER DETAILS WOULD BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK OF THE HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON THE AIRPORT. THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE MATTER WAS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION.
3. CNN ASKED ABOUT CHINA'S RIGHT TO COMMENT ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG AND ABOUT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UK OVER APPOINTMENTS TO EXCO. SPOKESMAN REPLIED THAT ACCORDING TO THE JOINT DECLARATION THE SENIOR CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP HAD THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS CHINA'S POSITION ON QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SMOOTH TRANSITION OF POWER IN HONG KONG. BOTH SIDES WERE CONDUCTING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT APPOINTMENTS TO EXCO. IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE TO REVEAL THEIR POSITIONS. CHINA HAD CONSISTENTLY ACTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE AIRPORT MOU. AS LONG AS BOTH SIDES CONDUCTED TALKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE MOU ALL QUESTIONS COULD BE SATISFACTARILY RESOLVED.
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GEOFFREY CROTHALL (SCMP) ASKED WHETHER JIANG ENZHU'S FORTHCOMING VISIT TO BRITAIN WAS CONNECTED WITH THE HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS ON THE AIRPORT. THE SPOKESMAN REPLIED THAT THE VISIT HAD BEEN DECIDED ON LONG AGO. JIANG WOULD DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS AND MATTERS OF MUTUAL CONCERN TO BRITAIN AND CHINA, INCLUDING HONG KONG.
5. A FURTHER QUESTION FROM THE TA KUNG PAO REPORTER, ASKED FOR COMMENTS ON MR GOODLAD'S SUMMONING TO THE FCO OF AMBASSADOR MA. THE SPOKESMAN SAID HE HAD HEARD MANY PRESS REPORTS OF THIS MEETING. SOME OF THEM EVEN SAID THE BRITISH SIDE HAD LODGED A PROTEST WITH THE CHINESE SIDE. AS FAR AS HE KNEW, AMBASSADOR MA
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