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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1990

'GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY' WOULD NOT BE WELCOME IN HK: GOVERNOR

IT HAS BEEN MADE QUITE CLEAR TO THE ORGANISERS OF THE "GODDESS DEMOCRACY"

HONG FOR A LONG TIME THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE WELCOME IN KONG, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

OF

"IT WOULD

NOT BE GIVEN PERMISSION TO COME INTO HONG KONG THEY ASK FOR PERMISSION," HE SAID.

IF

SIR DAVID WAS ASKED BY REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY'S ABERDEEN TRAINING CENTRE IF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALLOW THE "GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY" TO DOCK IN HONG KONG.

**WE HAVE A POLICY HERE OF MAKING SURE THAT HONG KONG IS NOT USED AS BATTLE FIELD FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S POLITICAL BATTLES AND IT WOULD

THAT BE

INCONSISTENT WITH THAT POLICY TO HAVE A SHIP OF QUITE COMING INTO HONG KONG.

SORT

INTO

GOING

"SO FAR AS I KNOW IT HASN'T ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO COME HONG KONG. BUT IT'S SLIGHTLY STRANGE THAT IT'S SAID THAT IT IS TO COME TO HONG KONG BECAUSE SO FAR AS I KNOW ITS INTENTION WAS TO GO TO TAIWAN

COMING TO HONG KONG IS A MAJOR AND ROUTE.

DIVERSION

FROM

"WE ARE

IT HARDLY ON A DIRECT ROUTE TO TAIWAN. SO THOUGH IT IS A SEARCH FOR PUBLICITY, HE SAID.

*

THAT

LOOKS

AS

ΤΟ

TAKE

IF ASKED

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RECONSIDER USING ARMY OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF VBP DETENTION CENTRES, SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY HAD SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD NOT RULE THAT OUT BUT IT WAS NOT A STEP THAT LIKE TO TAKE.

YESTERDAY WE WOULD

"WE WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE IT BEFORE WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. WANT TO KEEP THIS AS A CIVILIAN WAY OF HANDLING IT. I BELIEVE AT MOMENT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND THE POLICE ARE QUITE CAPABLE HANDLING IT.

WE

THE

OF

COMMON ADDED.

"THEY HAVE BEEN HANDLING IT WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PATIENCE

SENSE. I AM SURF THEY WILL GO ON DOING THAT,"

AND

THE GOVERNOR

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