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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING, WASHINGTON (FOR HK GOVT REP), CG NEW YORK (FOR HK GOVT REP), BRUSSELS (FOR HK GOVT REP), UKMIS GENEVA (FOR HK GOVT REP)
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE
1. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND SEVERAL CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS REPORTED REMARKS BY URBAN COUNCILLOR MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT AT A ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON YESTERDAY.
2. MRS ELLIOTT ATTACKED THOSE WHO SOUGHT THE PRESERVATION OF HONG KONG'S COLONIAL STATUS'' IN ANY FORM. SHE SAID THAT ONLY THOSE PEOPLE AT THE GRASSROOTS COULD TRULY REPRESENT THE HONG KONG PEOPLE, NEITHER THE GOVERNOR NOR MEMBERS OF EXCO OR LEGCO COULD DO SO. SHE BELIEVED THERE COULD BE CHANGES FOR THE BETTER UNDER CHINESE RULE, MOSTLY ON LAW AND ORDER: THE CHINESE HAVE A MUCH STRONGER SENSE OF LAW AND ORDER, AND THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW CRIMES LIKE THOSE IN HONG KONG''.
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3. COVERAGE OF MRS ELLIOTT'S REMARKS WERE WIDELY REPORTED IN THE INDEPENDENT PRESS. IN ADDITION, THE WEN WE PO (COMMUNIST) QUOTED HER ASSERTION THAT THE GOVERNOR COULD NOT REPRESENT HONG KONG PEOPLE IN THE SINO/BRITISH TALKS BECAUSE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE TO THE QUEEN AND WAS APPOINTED BY BRITAIN, NOT ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE
OF HONG KONG.
4. OTHER PRESS STORIES HAVE ALSO FOCUSSED ON THE ISSUE OF
PUBLIC OPINION. THE ORIENTAL DAILY (INDEPENDENT) FOR EXAMPLE, ARGUED THAT NCNA DIRECTOR, XU JILATUN, HAD EMERGED AS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MINORITY LEFT-WING ELEMENTS IN HONG KONG BUT HAD FAILED TO WIN OVER THE SANDWICHED-CLASS OF PROFESSIONALS''. BUT
NEITHER DID THE BRITISH TRY TO WIN THEM OVER. THE BRITISH HAD DISPLAYED A SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS IN CONCENTRATING ITS EFFORTS TOWARDS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS. THE INDEPENDENT ECONOMIC JOURNAL CALLED ON LOCAL PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS NOW BEFORE THEY WERE DENIED THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
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