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FROM WHAT LU PING HAD SAID, IT COULD BE SEEN THAT PEKING DID NOT (NOT) WANT ANY LOOSENING OF CONTROLS ON THE PRESS. A COLUMNIST

IN WEN WEI PO TODAY HIT OUT AT THOSE JOURNALISTS WHO "IS THE NAME

OF PPESS FREEDOM' HAD REFUSED TO EXERCISE 'SOME DEGREE OF

SELF-DISCIPLINE'

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10. PAPERS TODAY REVIEWED THE OLD YEAR AND LOOKED FORWARD TO THE NEW. THE GENERAL TONE WAS OPTIMISTIC, WITH HOPES FOP CONSOLIDATION AND STEADY PROGRESS IN THE YEAR AHEAD. KUNG HEI FAT CHOY.

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