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5. THE INDEPENDENT PRESS CONTINUED TO GIVE EXTENSIVE FACTUAL COVERAGE OF MR. ROBERT ADLEY'S VISIT AND HIS MEETINGS WITH DISTRICT BOARD AND UMELCO MEMBERS YESTERDAY. MR. ADLEY COMPLAINED THAT THE PRESS HAD HOPELESSLY RISQUOTED'' HIS REMARKS ON THE ABSENCE OF HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES AT THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS. BY WAY OF ELABORATION, HE SAID THAT THE TALKS WERE BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS AND THEREFORE THE HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED: "THAT IS A MATTER OF GREAT REGRET BUT HT IS A FACT' HE SAID. NEVERTHELESS, AT LEAST ONE NEWSPAPER

(THE HONG KONG STANDARD) AGAIN MIS-INTERPRETED THIS REMARK UNDER A HEADLINE THAT READ HK PEOPLE SHOULD BE IN THE TALKS ADLEY''.

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