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2. SU'S REMARKS WERE REPORTED EXTENSIVELY IN TODAY'S INDEPENDENT PRESS AND IN THE MINOR LEFT-WING NEWSPAPERS, ONE OF WHICH NAMED HIM AS THE SOURCE. THE TWO AUTHORITATIVE COMMUNIST PAPERS REPORTED ONLY HIS ON-THE-RECORD REMARKS ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT BLCC MEETING. TVB NEWS QUOTED THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF NCNA HONG KONG, YANG Q, AS SAYING THAT HIS AGENCY HAD NOT HEARD OF SIU'S REMARKS, ON WHICH HE DECLINED TO COMMENT.
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