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TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1990
NOT SURPRISING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD WANT TO COMMEMORATE
PEKING EVENTS: GOVERNOR
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IT WAS NOT AT ALL SURPRISING THAT PEOPLE IN HONG WANT TO COMMEMORATE THE TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN YEAR, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
KONG PEKING
SHOULD
LAST
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID: "WHAT I WAS STRUCK BY
APART WAS,
VERY FROM THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO TURNED OUT, THE FACT THAT IT WAS A ORDERLY, LAW-ABIDING DEMONSTRATION.
"AND THAT IS IN THE BEST TRADITION OF HONG KONG. THAT IS WHAT HONG
CAN EXPRESS KONG IS ALL ABOUT: THAT IF PEOPLE HAVE VIEWS, THEY THEM, PROVIDING THAT THEY STICK WITHIN THE LAW," HE SAID.
THE
"ONE OTHER POINT IS, OF COURSE, PEOPLE WANT TO COMMEMORATE EVENTS OF LAST YEAR. IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE, AS A COMMUNITY STRENGTHENING OUR SHOULD BE DEVOTING OUR EFFORTS TO BUILDING UP AND
HONG OWN COMMUNITY. THAT IS SOMETHING OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO
KONG, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED THAT PEOPLE IN CHINA WOULD UNDERSTAND
"THAT
THAT THE
IS, WAY IN WHICH WE IN HONG KONG OPERATED, ADDING:
THAT THEY PROPLE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS, PROVIDING STAY WITHIN THE LAW, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT LEADERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN CHINA WOULD UNDERSTAND THE WAY WE DO THINGS IN HONG KONG.
ASKED IF HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT HONG KONG STUDENT, YAO YONGZHAN, WOULD SOON BE RELEASED BY THE SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES, THE GOVERNOR HE HAD SEEN THAT REPORTED IN THE PRESS.
"WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL SHANGHAI. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONFIRMATION OF THAT FACT," HE ADDED.
SAID
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GOVT ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT, THE INDIVIDUALS ALIKE TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY),
ENVIRONMENT SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1990 WORLD
SIR DAVID SAID MANY DAY AT
THE ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS, SIR
BUSINESS, DEMANDS WERE PLACED ON OUR ENVIRONMENT BY THE PRESSURES OF INDUSTRY, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
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