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HONG KONG STANDARD: ''THE....DECISION.... HAS SET OFF A FURORE.
IT HAS BEEN DENOUNCED UNFAIR AND ONE THAT WAS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE
HONG KONG IS A COLONY. THERE IS MUCH TRUTH IN THIS ARGUMENT''.
CHINESE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS: "'.THE DECISION..... IS ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF BRITAIN'S IMPERIALISTIC ATTITUDE IN IGNORING THE
INTERESTS OF HONG KONG''.
CHINESE STAR:''THE RECENT DECISION IS ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF THE UK'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS WHICH EXISTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND BRITAIN. THE APPROVAL BY (ATLA) TO GRANT BOTH CPA AND BCAL THE LICENCE... IS FAIR AND WOULD PROVIDE MUTUAL BENEFITS FOR BOTH HONG KONG AND THE UK...
CHINESE EXPRESS: ''IT IS ACTUALLY A DISCRIMINATORY, BIASED AND UNFAIR DECISION. THE IMPORTANT POINT OF THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT ONLY CONCERN THE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF CPA, BUT ALSO THE OVERALL
INTERESTS AND DIGNITY OF HONG KONG**
WAH KIU YAT PO : ''THE DECISION....DID NOT MAKE SENSE AND WOULD SERIOUSLY UNDERMINE HONG KONG'S INTERESTS. IT WOULD ALSO RUIN THE HARMONIOUS RELATION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND BRITAIN. IN RECENT EXPRESSED DAYS, NOT ONLY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG HAS STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE DECISION, BUT PEOPLE IN CIVIL AVIATION CIRCLES AND BUSINESS.... IN OVERSEAS COUNTRIES HAVE ALSO BEEN SHOCKED AND PUZZLED..... BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RESPECTFUL TO THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE FOR THEIR INTEGRITY AND SENSE OF FAIR PLAY....WHEN THEY DISCOVER THEY ARE REALLY WRONG, THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR DECISION....SO THAT HARM WILL NOT BE DONE. SUCH IS A VIRTUE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT....THEY WILL TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO FIND A REASONABLE SOLUTION TO THE MATTER''. VING PAO: ''THE TRIANGULAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA, BRITAIN AND HONG KONG IS QUITE DELICATE....THE UN COMMISSION HANDLING AFFAIRS INVOLVING COLONIES HAS TAKEN CARE TO EXCLUDE HONG KONG
FROM THE LIST OF COLONIES....THE PRACTICE ACCEPTED BY MOST NATIONS HAS BEEN THAT FLIGHTS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES ARE OPEN TO AN AIRLINE OF THE TWO COUNTRIES INVOLVED. THE DECISION BY THE BRITISH CAA WAS APPARENTLY BASED ON THE PRESUMPTION THAT HONG KONG IS A COLONY
.DISCRIMINATION HAS BEEN RAISED TO THE POLITICAL LEVEL............. CATHAY PACIFIC HAS BEEN SHARING BENEFITS ON AN EQUAL BASIS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, YET IT HAS BEEN DENIED THE SAME RIGHT BY BRITAIN FOR NO THER REASON THAN TREATING HONG KONG AS A COLONY OF BRITAIN.
MING PAO EVENING NEWS: HONG KONG HAS BEEN TRYING TO LOOK AFTER THE INTERESTS OF BRITAIN. AND MOST OF THE BIG ORDERS WERE PLACED
IN BRITAIN, E G THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, BUSES AND NAVAL BOATS.
BUT BRITAIN TO THE CONTRARY DOES NOT WANT TO LEAK OUT ANY BENEFITS
TO HONG KONG''.
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SING PAO: 'WE HOPE THE CAA WILL GIVE DEEP RECONSIDERATION TO ITS
DECISION FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF HONG KONG AND BRITAIN. IT WILL
BE VERY UNWISE FOR BRITAIN TO TREAT HONG KONG AS A COLONY'”.
WEN WEI PAO : ''THERE IS ONLY ONE EXPLANATION TO THE CAA'S DECISION
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