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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS IN HONG KONG
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1. ROUTINE COMPLAINT BY MFA ABOUT DEMONSTRATIONS BY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE, WARNING THAT THESE COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ATMOSPHERE OF OUR TALKS ON THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS.
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2. WANG GUISHENG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA, HKMAO, ASKED COUNSELLOR TO CALL TODAY (2 JUNE). WANG SAID THAT A SUBVERSIVE ORGANISATION, THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE PATRIOTIC DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN CHINA, HAD ORGANISED A DEMONSTRATION IN HONG KONG ON 30 MAY AND MADE TROUBLE OUTSIDE THE NCNA OFFICE. THEY PLANNED TO ORGANISE A CANDLE-LIT VIGIL IN VICTORIA PARK ON 4 JUNE.
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3. WANG SAID THAT HE WISHED TO EXPRESS SERIOUS CONCERN AT THIS ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITY. THE CHINESE SIDE HAD REPEATEDLY POINTED OUT TO THE BRITISH SIDE THAT THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE WAS A SUBVERSIVE ORGANISATION WHICH AIMED AT OVERTHROWING THE CENTRAL PEOPLES' GOVERNMENT. THE ACTIVITIES HE MENTIONED WERE DIRECTED AGAINST THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND WERE PROVOCATIVE. HE WISHED TO DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO THE INCREASING ARROGANCE OF THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE, WHICH ORGANISED LARGE SCALE ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES EACH YEAR. WAS INSEPARABLE FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE OF ACQUIESCENCE, CONNIVANCE OR EVEN SUPPORT. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THESE ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES DAMAGED THE STABILITY OF HONG KONG SOCIETY AND WERE NOT IN THE FUNDAMENTAL INTERESTS OF THE HONG KONG. PEOPLE. THE NORMAL LIFE AND WORK OF THE NCNA BRANCH HAD BEEN SERIOUSLY INTERRUPTED. MOREOVER, THIS ACTIVITY WAS DETRIMENTAL TO THE ATMOSPHERE OF OUR TALKS ON HONG KONG. WANG THEREFORE CALLED ON THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES TO TAKE RESOLUTE AND ACTIVE MEASURES TO STOP THE ALLIANCE'S ANTI-CHINA'S ACTIVITIES.
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