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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1989
CHINA MUST ALLOW HỎNG KONG TO DEVELOP ITS OWN DEMOCRATIC AND FREE POLITICAL SYSTEM AT ITS OWN PACE AS A CAPITALIST FREE SOCIETY SHOULD. AND NOT MAKE INTERFERING OR THREATENING REMARKS TO INTIMIDATE THE PEOPLE WHO EXERCISE THEIR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.'
HE SAID BRITAIN TOO HAD TO DO SOMETHING AND IF IT WERE WILLING TO ACCEDE TO HONG KONG'S DEMAND FOR FULL CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO WERE BRITISH, THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE SOUGHT OVERSEAS RESIDENCE STATUS ELSEWHERE WOULD NO LONGER NEED TO DO 50.
"THIS WOULD GIVE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY A TREMENDOUS BOOST TO CONFIDENCE AND LESSEN THE PRESSURE OF EMIGRATION. OUR OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO HELP OUR PEOPLE LEAVE HONG KONG, BUT TO HELP THEM STAY, WITH ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS, DR TSE SAID.
EARLIER IN THE DAY DR TSE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN NEW YORK, MR KERRY PAID A COURTESY CALL ON THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, FRANK HARRIS, WHO WILL BE VISITING HONG KONG NEXT MONTH.
TODAY, DR TSE WILL MEET THE MAYOR OF ATLANTA, MR ANDREW WHO WAS FORMERLY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
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