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CLEARANCE OF KOWLOON WALLED CITY.
AT 0900 ON 14 JANUARY 1987 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED.
A PLAN TO CLEAR THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY. THE ISD HAS ALREADY SENT
TO YOU BY FAX THE FOLLOWING:-
(A) THE GOVERNMENT'S PRESS RELEASE SEMICOLON
(B)
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STATEMENT BY THE SPOKESMAN OF CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS AT 0930 ON 14 JANUARY 1987 SEMICOLON
THE Q AND A RESPONSE BY THE SPOKESMAN OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY
HONG KONG BRANCH ON 14 JANUARY 1987 SEMICOLON
(D) TRANSCIPT OF THE REMARKS MADE BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR AFTER THE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CLEARANCE SEMICOLON AND
(E)
PRESS RELEASE BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT ON THE OPERATIONAL ASPECT
OF THE CLEARANCE.
THE NEWS WAS REPORTED EXTENSIVELY IN THE LOCAL MEDIA AND IS CONTINUING TO ATTRACT MEDIA COVERAGE. THE STORY WAS ALSO CARRIED IN A BACK PAGE REPORT IN THE OVERSEAS EDITION OF THE PEOPLE'S DAILY.. YOU MIGHT MAKE THE POINT THAT THIS IS VERY WELCOME NEWS FOR HONG KONG AND A POSITIVE EXAMPLE OF COOPERATION WITH CHINA IN SETTLING OLD PROBLEMS AND BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE. FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT A PRESS BRIEFING WAS HELD AT 1430 ON 14 JANUARY 1987 AT THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM. UNDER THE GROUND RULES FOR THE BRIEFING, THE MEDIA COULD DRAW FREELY ON THE INFORMATION GIVEN AND ATTRIBUTE IT TO A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN. NO NAMES COULD BE MENTIONED. YOU SHOULD ALSO ADOPT THE SAME GROUND RULES WHEN APPROACHED BY THE PRESS. AT THE BRIEFING OUR SPOKESMEN WERE HARD PRESSED ON THE QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY. KERRY MCGLYNN HAS ALREADY BRIEFED YOUR
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