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HONGKONG EVICTIONS: "CHINA WATCHING" SAYS NANKING

NANKING, WEDNESDAY- DOCTOR GEORGE YEH, CHINESE VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE HERE TODAY THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WAS GIVING "CLOSE ATTENTION" TO THE DISPUTE ÎN KOWLOON CITY,

ADJOINING HONGKONG, WHERE THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT HAS

ORDERED THE EVICTUON OF 2,000 CHINESE RESIDENTS.

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HE SAID HE HAD NO COMMENT TO MAKE ON THE STATEMENT LAST

NIGHT BY SIR RALPH STEVENSON, BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO CHINA

THAT THE EVICTION ORDER WAS PURELY ADMINISTRATIVE AND IN THE INTERESTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

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REPORTS HERE TODAY SAID THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WAS EXPECTED TO DEKEND THE RIGHTS OF THE CHINESE IN KOWLOON AND THAT THE KWANGTUNG COUNCIL WAS MAKING REPARATIONS TO LODGE A STRONG PROTEST WITH THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT.

THE STATUS OF THE NEW TERRITORY IN WHICH THE CITY LIES ÏS NOT DEFINED IN THE SINO-BRITISH TREATY CONCLUDED IN 1943. REUTER END

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