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032105
MDLIAN 8539
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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1853
OF 13070OZ JUNE 90
THKB 301|i
15 JUN 1990
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKGO GENEVA UKMIŚ GENEVÄ
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SUMMARY
1. ACTIVITIES ORGANISED TO MARK THE EVENTS OF LAST SUMMER IN PEKING, CHINA'S REACTION TO THE ACTIVITIES AND THE NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH SHOOTING INCIDENT FEATURED STRONGLY THIS WEEK.
ACTIVITIES TO MARK JUNE 4
2. THE MEDIA (3-5.6) ACCORDED PROMINENT AND EXTENSIVE NEWS AND PICTORIAL COVERAGE TO ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE ALL HONG KONG ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE PATRIOTIC AND PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN CHINA TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE JUNE 4 EVENTS IN PEKING.
3. WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE ACTIVITIES, NCNA HONG KONG DIRECTOR ZHOU NAN SAID THAT HONG KONG STUDENTS RAN THE RISK OF BEING MANIPULATED BY SOME PEOPLE FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL AIMS, THE MEDIA (7.6) REPORTED IN GOOD COVERAGE.
4. A VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, LI HOU, SAID THAT REMARKS BY SOME PEOPLE AT THE ACTIVITIES WERE BAD AND SEDITIOUS AND WOULD NOT BE CONDUCIVE TO BETTER RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG. HE REITERATED THAT THERE SHOULD BE MUTUAL RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER'S SYSTEMS AND LIFE-STYLE.
5. COMMENTING ON MR LI'S REMARKS, THE ALL HONG KONG ALLIANCE SAID THAT HIS EMOTIONAL REMARKS ON HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD NOT HELP IMPROVE SINO-HONG KONG RELATIONS. BLDC MEMBER WONG PO-YAN SAID THAT LARGE-SCALE RALLIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINO-HONG KONG RELATIONS. OMELCO MEMBER ROSANNA TAM SAID THAT MR LI'S REMARKS WOULD NOT HELP FOSTER BETTER SINO-HONG KONG RELATIONS AND HOPED THAT CHINA WOULD RESPECT HONG KONG
PEOPLE'S LIFE-STYLE.
NCNA SHOOTING INCIDENT