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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8273

9 August 2002
(eu) eu/hong kong
Commission welcomes progress achieved in Hong Kong but points to economic difficulties in region

Brussels, 08/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the Commission published its fourth annual report on the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong (SAR) whose institutional, economic and social development it had assessed, as well as level of its relations with the EU. Despite the reaffirmation of the "one country, two systems" principle" by the Chinese President Jiang Zemin (according to which, Hong Kong belongs to China but preserves operational autonomy), the report indicates that,...