THURSDAY, JUNE 8. 1989
GOVERNOR TO SEEK UK SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG
THE GOVERNOR. SIR DAVID WILSON. WILL DISCUSS WITH THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AND THE FOREIGN SECRETARY CURRENT EVENTS IN CHINA AND THEIR IMPACT ON HONG KONG.
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ARRIVING IN LONDON THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING. SIR DAVID TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE WOULD BE MEETING SIR GEOFFREY HOWE IMMEDIATELY AND MRS. THATCHER IN THE AFTERNOON TO TALK TO THEM ON THE SUPPORT THAT HONG KONG NEEDED AT THIS TIME OF GREAT PROBLEMS AND HE WAS SURE THAT HE WOULD GET IT.
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"I AM LOOKING TO SEE WHAT BRITAIN CAN DO TO HELP THIS VERY ANXIOUS SITUATION AND ANXIOUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE IN HONG KONG AT THE MOMENT.
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"ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IS QUESTION OF
NATIONALITY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A GREAT MORE DONE FOR THE BRITISH HONG KONG PASSPORT HOLDERS.
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"I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE
WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT HELP," SIR DAVID SAID.
"I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A VERY GREAT DEAL OF FLEXIBILITY AS IT IS A TIME OF GREAT ANXIETY IN HONG KONG: IT IS A TIME WHEN WE DO NEED HELP AND ASSISTANCE, AND A BOOST FOR PEOPLE'S MORALE.` HE ADDED.
THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THIS ISSUE WAS IN ADDITION TO HIS ORIGINAL PLAN FOR COMING TO LONDON TO DISCUSS HONG KONG'S IMMENSE PROBLEM WITH THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND TO SEE THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE MOOD IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR SAID "FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS GREAT ANXIETY AND A GREAT FEELING OF ANGER AT ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENDED IN PEKING.
"PEOPLE FELT VERY MUCH THAT THEY TOO WERE CHINESE AND A GREAT DEAL OF SYMPATHY WITH WHAT THE STUDENTS IN PEKING WERE AIMING AT, AND A FEELING OF REAL HORROR AT WHAT HAD HAPPENDED PEKING.
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"THEN THE SECOND THING WAS THE WAY IN WHICH HONG KONG PEOPLE REACTED WHICH IS QUITE WITHOUT PRECEDENCE. HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREET DEMONSTRATING THEIR SORROW AND THEIR ANGER AT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ON TWO OCCASIONS. IN
TOTAL ORDER. TOTAL DIGNITY. IT WAS A VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE.
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