MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1989
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EMBASSY MAKING ENQUIRIES ON WHEREABOUTS OF MR LEE CHUK-YAN
PRESS TO
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GREAT PEOPLE
ENQUIRIES ABOUT MR IN RESPONSE
LEE CHUK-YAN, TOUCH WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "WE HAVE BEEN IN
KNOW MR LEE CHUK-YAN WELL AND HAVE EMBASSY IN PEKING WHO RESPECT FOR HIS EFFORTS TO ORGANISE AND ASSIST OTHER HONG KONG
CHARTERED
THIS PLANE
EVENING. AS YET WE TO GET TO THE
HAVE NO
OR DETAINED, CONFIRMATION THAT HE HAS BEEN
WHOM. HOWEVER, THE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS EMBASSY HAVE LODGED AN ENQUIRY WITH THE MINISTRY AND ARE TAKING THIS UP AS A MATTER OF URGENCY."
BY
OMELCO MEMBERS EXPRESS SHOCK AT PEKING EVENTS
THIS
THE EXECUTIVE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY MEMBERS OF
SPECIAL IN-HOUSE MEETING AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AFTER THEIR (MONDAY) MORNING ABOUT THE RECENT EVENTS IN BEIJING, CHINA:
EXECUTIVE AND
"ALL MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCILS LEGISLATIVE
ARE DEEPLY REGRET OUTRAGED AND SHOCKED BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN CHINA. WE
MINUTE SILENCE AT THE THE LOSS OF SO MANY LIVES. WE OBSERVED A ONE
THEY MEETING AS A TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT SO BRAVELY FOR WHAT BELIEVED IN.
"WE ENTIRELY UNDERSTAND THE FEELING OF ANGER AND FRUSTRATION OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS IN WEEKS
AND ORDERLY IN A DIGNIFIED
WAY. WE URGE THEM TO CONTINUE THIS RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE WHICH HAS WON THE PRAISE AND ADMIRATION AROUND THE WORLD.
VERY
OF MANY
DIFFERENT THE MATTER HOW ANGRY
"THE EVENTS IN CHINA HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HOW SYSTEMS OF THE TWO PLACES ARE. WE IN HONG KONG, NO WE ARE, MUST PUT ALL OUR ENERGIES INTO PRESERVING THE SEPARATENESS OF OUR SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE FREEDOM OF
ON THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR THE PRESS. OUR FUTURE DEPENDS
EXISTING
SYSTEM AND ON OUR CONTINUED STABILITY.
IN MIND
"WE HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WOULD BEAR THIS IN WHATEVER ACTION THEY TAKE WHEN THEY WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS.
IN REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE A DUTY TO OUR OWN CITIZENS OWN PROSPERITY AND STABILITY.
MAINTAINING OUR
"THERE ARE
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