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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MY TELNO 152 TO PEKING: DEMONSTRATIONS AROUND CHINA'S NATIONAL
DAY AND COMPLAINTS BY NCNA
SUMMARY
1. PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS IN SUPPORT OF DISSIDENTS JAILED IN CHINA ORGANISED BY THE HK ALLIANCE, THE HK FEDERATION OF STUDENTS AND THE APRIL FIFTH ACTION GROUP TOOK PLACE ON 29 AND 30 SEPTEMBER. SEVERAL NEWLY ELECTED LEGCO MEMBERS, INCLUDING MARTIN LEE AND SZETO WAH TOOK PART IN THE ALLIANCE DEMONSTRATIONS. NCNA PROTESTED SEVERAL TIMES. WE GAVE THE STANDARD RESPONSE.
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2. ON 29 SEPTEMBER, ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN A RALLY CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF DISSIDENTS JAILED IN CHINA. THE GROUP STARED TO ASSEMBLE AT 1500 HOURS AT CHATER GARDEN, MARCHED TO THE NCNA OFFICE AND DISPERSED AROUND 1730 HOURS. THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY THE ALL HONG KONG ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE PATRIOTIC DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN CHINA (THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE) AND WAS LED BY A NUMBER OF ALLIANCE OFFICE-BEARERS WHO HAVE BEEN NEWLY DIRECTLY ELECTED TO LEGCO. THESE WERE MARTIN LEE, SZETO WAH, LAU CHIN-SEK, YEUNG SUM, CHEUNG MAN-KWONG AND LEE WING-TAT. OTHER LEGCO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED DEMOCRATS WHO TOOK PART WERE STEPHEN NG MING-YUM, HUANG CHEN-YA, ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP AND JAMES TO KUN-SUN. THE RALLY AND THE MARCH WERE PEACEFUL AND THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS.
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ON 30 SEPTEMBER, STARTING AT 1500 HOURS, A GROUP OF AROUND 30 MEMBERS OF THE HK FEDERATION OF STUDENTS (HKFS) GATHERED NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE MAXIM'S PLACE RESTAURANT WHERE THE NCNA WAS TO HOST A COCKTAIL RECEPTION TO MARK CHINA'S NATIONAL DAY. THE PROTESTERS DISPLAYED BANNERS AND CHANTED SLOGANS. ANOTHER GROUP OF 20 PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE NEARBY EXCELSIOR HOTEL. THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE APRIL FIFTH ACTION GROUP (AFA) AND DEMOCRACY FORUM (DF). PROTESTERS SHOUTED SLOGANS AT THE GUESTS ARRIVING AND
LEAVING THE FUNCTION.
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