Hongkong's Ming Pao (November 5) reported speculation in Beijing that the Sixth Plenary
Session of the Central Committee, which starts on November 8, may be the first to approve
members of the new Central Military Commission. It added that personnel adjustments will be
an important part of its agenda. The Ming Pao reported also that on the eve of the Sixth Plenary
Session, in late October as many as seven provincial party committee secretaries were
appointed and that 21 provinces have now got new Party and Government leaders. It said no
changes had occurred in the top leadership in the 4 municipalities directly under the Central
Government, in Guangdong and Beijing and Sichuan, Qinghai, Ningxia, Hebei, Xinjiang and
Inner Mongolia.
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