TNAG-0051-FCO40-87-Secretary-of-State-s-television-interview-about-Hong-Kong-1967 — Page 18

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How does the Secretary see the present situation in Hong Kong?

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Hong Kong has passed through a most trying time and, with

characteristic relilience, has surmounted it very well. A small

minority of troublemakers have deliberately challenged the authority

of the Hong Kong Government using methods of mass physical

intimidation and violence.

Some

Many people have been killed or anot in

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more injured by these acts of violence and I should like to take this

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opportunity to express my sympathy, and that of my colleagues, to those

who have suffered personal losses. These attempts to disrupt the

life of the Colony have failed in the face of the determined stand

taken by the authorities to maintain law and order. In the measures

they have taken the authorities have had the full support of the

general public in Hong Kong who have shown quite unmistakably

that they are determined to maintain their peaceful, orderly way of

life;

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their courage and fortitude has been outstanding.

As I and my colleagues have said on more than one occasion, we for

our part will continue to give them our full support and to carry

out our responsibilities and obligations to them.

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