TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
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GOVERNOR WILL STRESS HK'S CONCERNS TO LONDON
THE CONCERN AND ANXIETY CAUSED IN HONG KONG BY WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN PEKING, WILL BE PUT ACROSS TO MINISTERS AND THE FORRIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IN BRITAIN, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE THOUGHT THAT IN A TIME OF GREAT DIFFICULTY AND ANXIETY FOR HONG KONG, THE NEED THAT ALL OF US HAD HERE WAS POSITIVE SUPPORT FROM BRITAIN.
SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD ALSO DISCUSS THE NATIONALITY AND VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ISSUES WHILST IN LONDON.
COMMENTING ON EVENTS IN PEKING, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS APPALLED BY WHAT HE SAW IN NEWS FOOTAGE OF THE INDISCRIMINATE VIOLENCE THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON.
"AND I'M SURE THAT THAT'S THE FEELING WHICH IS SHARED BY ALL OF THE COMMUNITY HERE, HE SAID.
"THE COMMUNITY HAS REACTED VERY UNDERSTANDABLY WITH A PEELING
OF GREAT CONCERN AND GREAT ANXIETY.
"I FIND IT WHOLLY UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD WISH TO EXPRESS ITS FEELINGS IN THIS WAY, BUT THERE IS A FURTHER POINT THAT I WOULD NOW LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT HONG KONG.
"IT'S RIGHT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS. IT'S RIGHT FOR HONG KONG THAT THEY SHOULD DO THAT IN A WAY WHICH DOESN'T DAMAGE HONG KONG.
"THAT IT SHOULD BE AS IT HAS BEEN UP TO NOW, ORDERLY AND A DIGNIFIED WAY OF EXPRESSING THEIR FEELINGS 30 THAT,
IN EXPRESSING CONCERN FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHINA, WE DON'T DAMAGE OURSELVES IN THE PROCESS.
"THAT, I'M SURE, IS THE ATTITUDE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TOMORROW IN WHATEVER DEMONSTRATIONS, IN WHATEVER EXPRESSIONS OF GRIEF AND OF MOURNING TAKE PLACE TOMORROW.
"AND, THAT, I'M SURE IS THE RIGHT ATTITUDE FOR US TO TAKE IN HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING WAS DOING AN IMMENSE AMOUNT TO TRY AND HELP HONG KONG PEOPLE STILL IN PEKING.
THEY HAD BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ALL THE PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG THAT WERE IN PEKING AT THE MOMENT, HE SAID.
/HOWEVER, HE
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