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TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989

PEKING WAS STILL

HOWEVER, HE NOTED THAT THE SITUATION IN CLEARLY CONFUSED AND, IN SOME PARTS OF THE CITY, CHAOTIC.

SIR DAVID SAID THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN IN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING, AND HE NOTED THAT YESTERDAY'S CHARTERED FLIGHT, WHICH BROUGHT OUT A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE, WAS THE FIRST SUCH FLIGHT SENT TO PEKING TO GET PEOPLE OUT.

"WE ARE TRYING AGAIN TODAY TO SEND AFTERNOON," HE SAID.

A FURTHER FLIGHT THIS

THREE EXTRA FLIGHTS TO PEKING

OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AN EXTRA THREE FLIGHTS WILL GO TO PEKING TO PICK UP HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO RETURN TO HONG KONG.

A CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS TRISTAR DEPARTED KAI TAK AIRPORT AT 2.45 PM TODAY (TUESDAY) ON A FLIGHT UNDERTAKEN AT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S REQUEST.

THE PLANE IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN PEKING AT 6.45

PM (LOCAL TIME) AND WILL BOARD PASSENGERS WITH VALID TICKETS, THOUGH THERE WILL BE ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHERS TO PURCHASE TICKETS FROM THE AIRLINE STAFF.

IT WILL BE DUE BACK IN HONG KONG AT

APPROXIMATELY 10 O'CLOCK

TONIGHT.

A DRAGONAIR BOEING 737 CHARTERED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DEPARTED KAI TAK AT 5.30 PM THIS AFTERNOON, AND IS DUE ΤΟ ARRIVE IN PEKING AT 9.30 PM (LOCAL TIME).

THE FLIGHT WOULD DEPART PEKING AT APPROXIMATELY 10.30 PM (LOCAL TIME), ARRIVING BACK IN HONG KONG EARLY TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY} MORNING.

A FURTHER HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CHARTERED DRAGONAIR FLIGHT IS IN PREPARATION TO DEPART HONG KONG AT 12 NOON TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY), ARRIVING IN PEKING AT 4 PM (LOCAL TIME). THIS FLIGHT PEKING AT 5 PM (LOCAL TIME) AND ARRIVE IN HONG KONG AT APPROXIMATELY 7 PM.

WOULD DEPART

THOSE WHO HAVE CONTACTED THE GOVERNMENT HOTLINE SHOULD CONTACT THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WHO WISH TO LEAVE PEKING AND INFORM THEM OF THESE THREE FLIGHTS WHICH ARE OVER AND ABOVE NORMAL SCHEDULED SERVICES.

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