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HKFS

香港專上學生聯會

HONG KONG FEDERATION OF STUDENTS

8/F. Blk. A, Kingland Apartments, 739 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel: 7873551 Fax: 7873120 Cable: HKFSTUDENT

POLITICAL SITUATION IN HONG KONG IN THE LATE TRANSITION PERIOD

1) INCREASING PRESSURE FROM CHINA

"HONG KONG AS A BASE FOR ANTI COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES."

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CHINA SUBVERSION AND

Hong Kong people s support for the Beijing students in 1989 as demonstrated in 1000000 people demonstrations, territority- wide donations greatly disturbed the Chinese authorities. Mr. Li Hou, deputy director of the Chinese State Council's HOng Kong and Macau Affiars Office said, "HK has stirred up things most formidably. "You have been staging protest marches and opposing one-party rule every day. This time HK does look like an anti-communist base." (SCMP 6.9.1990)

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THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL, MING PAO, THE NINETIES and THE EXPRESS were accused of scheming with advisers to former Communist Party head Zhao Ziyang to help him unseat Mr. Deng Xiaoping as supreme leader. (SCMP 7.7.1989)

Li RuiHuan, Politburo member said, the words and deeds of some IIK people' in the past few months were "unacceptable". That China will not allow the territory to become an anti-communist base or "politically sensitive region". (SCMP 8.24.1989)

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Hong Kong stil poses a threat to the national security of China, according to a senior Beijing official, Mr. Li Hou. "Some people say there is freedom of speech in HK.... But long as we are in the same country, like a family, criticize each other every day, what kind of family is it? get infuriated when we read the newspapers in HK." (SCMP

3.31.1990)

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INTOLERANCE OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOR NON-PATY AND CRITICAL OPINION EXPRESSED IN HK

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A mainland legal expert who argued that IIK's bill of Rights is perfectly reconcilable with the Basic Law, despite China officials opposition to the bill, Professir Gong Xiangrui of Beijing University was barred by the Chinese authority from coming to attend an academic forum organized by the Department of Law of the University of HK. (SCMP 6.23.1991)

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The position and attitude of the Chinese Authorities is very towards HK. Since 1989, HK people's freedom of expression of opinions concerning China democracy, be it acts Like pro-democracy demonstrations, donations, pro-democracy concerts, attempts to erect the Goddess of Democracy in HK ; or be it expression of opinions by individuals in public,

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Hong Kong University Students' Union H.K. Polytechnic Students' Union

Northcote College of Education Students' Union

Grantham College of Education Students' Union

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H.K. Technical Teachers' College Students' Union IG TIME ABEYA

Student Joint Committee Hang Seng School of Commerce EA(BRA

FLEXWE The Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

ABZAVRTA H.K. Baptist College Students' Union

MARAE Sir Robert Black College of Education Students' Union

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Lingnan College Students' Union

FUDI VABA The Students' Union of H.K. Shue Yan College

GEMUM TARZYŁA(BRAID City Polytechnic of Hong Kong Students' Union

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