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SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1989

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PRIME MINISTER SHOCKED BY EVENTS IN PEKING

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BRITISH

PRIME MINISTER.

THE THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY MRS MARGARET THATCHER, ISSUED IN LONDON AT 7 PM (HK TIME) TODAY (JUNE 4) ON EVENTS IN PEKING:

"WE ARE ALL DEEPLY SHOCKED BY THE NEWS FROM APPALLED BY THE INDISCRIMINATE SHOOTING OF UNARMED PEOPLE. REMINDER THAT, DESPITE SOME RECENT EASING OF EAST/WEST VERY GREAT GULF REMAINS BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES.

PEKING

AND IT IS A TENSIONS, A

AND THE

COMMUNIST

CONCERN

"WE VIEW THESE EVENTS IN PEKING WITH PARTICULAR

AND HONG KONG

OUR BECAUSE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR

OBLIGATION

WHICH WE

WITH SHARE

THE CHINESE

THE JOINT GOVERNMENT UNDER DECLARATION

HONG SAFEGUARD

AND STABILITY FUTURE

IN PROSPERITY. I UNDERSTAND THE DEEP ANXIETY PRESENTLY FELT BY PEOPLE

THESE LATEST HONG KONG AND ADMIRE THEIR STEADFASTNESS IN THE FACE OF TRAGIC EVENTS.

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KONG'S

"BRITAIN WILL CONTINUE TO STAND BY ITS COMMITMENT TO FUTURE FOR HONG KONG. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE CHINESE

ABIDE BY THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO AGREEMENT,"

A SECURE GOVERNMENT THE 1984

HONG KONG TO ATTEND ILO CONFERENCE

A TRIPARTITE DELEGATION FROM HONG KONG WILL ATTEND THE 76TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO) CONFERENCE DUE TO OPEN IN GENEVA ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 7).

IT COMPRISES DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR HAROLD KWOK: MR ALBERT GAZELEY, REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS: AND MISS LAM SHUK-YEE, REPRESENTING EMPLOYEES.

BOTH MR GAZELEY AND MISS LAM ARE MEMBERS OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.

DURING THE CONFERENCE,

WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS, MR KWOK WILL ACT AS ADVISER TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT DELEGATES WHILE MR GAZELEY AND MISS LAM WILL ADVISE BRITISH EMPLOYERS' AND EMPLOYEES' DELEGATES RESPECTIVELY.

THE ILO CONFERENCE THIS YEAR WILL DISCUSS, AMONG OTHER THE QUESTION OF NIGHT WORK FOR WOMEN AND SAFETY IN THE CHEMICALS AT WORK.

THINGS,

USE OF

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