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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1989
"THEN WE HAD ONE INCIDENT WHICH WAS ON THE NIGHT BEFORE LAST WHERE A NUMBER OF HOOLIGANS AND STREET GANGS GOT INVOLVED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TRYING TO BREAK INTO A BUILDING, THAT WAS DEALT WITH VERY QUICKLY AND VERY EFFICIENTLY BY THE POLICE..
"SINCE THEN WE HAVE TOTAL CALM IN HONG KONG. WE STILL HAVE SOME PEOPLE DEMONSTRATING BUT THE SITUATION IS CALM AND PEOPLE DO REALISE NOW WHAT THEY MUST DO IS LOOK AFTER THE STABILITY OF HONG KONG. LOOK AFTER THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY HONG KONG," SIR DAVID SAID.
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COMMUNITY SPIRIT CAN MAKE HK STRONGER: SIR DAVID FORD
WHICH
A TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY SPIRIT HAS DEVELOPED IN HONG KONG CAN BE HARNESSED TO MAKE OURSELVES STRONGER TO FACE UP TO THE FUTURE. THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR. SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
REFERRING TO THE RECENT INCIDENTS IN CHINA, SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD NO DOUBT THE INJURY THAT HAD BEEN DONE TO THE PEOPLE OF CHINA ALSO RAN VERY DEEP IN HONG KONG AND CERTAINLY CONFIDENCE HAD TAKEN A KNOCK.
IT IS NOT TOO EARLY TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND OUT OF ALL THESE, I THINK, CAN COME SOME GOOD," HE SAID.
"BUT
THERE HAD DEVELOPED IN HONG KONG A TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY SPIRIT WHICH WAS DISPLAYED IN THE THREE MASS DEMONSTRATIONS TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND AGAIN IN YESTERDAY'S GATHERING TO MOURN THOSE WHO DIED
IN CHINA, SIR DAVID SAID.
"HONG KONG HAS A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO BOUNCE BACK AND I NO DOUBT IT WILL DO SO THIS TIME.
HAVE
THE
"WE ALSO NEED THE HELP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THAT IS GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, HAS GONE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM OUR POSITION AND TO SEEK HELP, HE SAID.
WHY
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING THE DRAGON BOAT RACE AT THE YAUMATIE TYPHOON SHELTER.
HE NOTED THAT WHILE OUR EYES WERE ON THE DRAGON BOATS. OUR THOUGHTS WERE STILL WITH THE PEOPLE OF CHINA.
HE SAID WHAT WE WERE ALL PRAYING FOR WAS THAT, AFTER THE HORROR AND MADNESS OF LAST WEEKEND, SANITY WOULD RETURN TO THE AUTHORITIES IN CHINA.
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