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Governor Sir David Wilson
on Freedom of Expression within the Law
June
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rallies) :
1989 (after ExCo meeting on June 4 incident
"It's right that people should express their feelings. It's right for HK that they should do that in a way which doesn't damage HK."
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September 27, 1989
Tate's Cairn Tunnel) :
(after the breakthrough ceremony of
"We have our own system.
We have our own freedoms. Our
own laws which are very important to us. That's what I
think most people in HK would like to see. Both our
freedoms, and those freedoms used with a sense of
responsibility. We
importance to our
system. We don't
should be used as
here in HK prize and attach great own freedoms under our Own legal wish, we don't intend that Hong Kong
a base for subversion. We do intend
that our freedoms should be preserved."
October 11, 1989 (Policy Address) :
"HK is linked to
separate from it.
the future, under
systems'.
China but, in another important sense,
That will continue to be the case in
the concept of 'one country, two
We have Our own laws and freedoms which we
cherish. They must not be eroded. Equally, we should use them with a sense of responsibility and self-restraint."
October 20, 1989 (Lunch meeting by the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles) :
"Freedoms enjoyed by HK, such as freedom of speech and publication, are very important to the way of life in HK.
These freedoms must be maintained. However, the people should also exercise these rights in a responsible way.
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