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TRANSCRIPT A ERLECT COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG 12 JUB 1989

CHAIRMAN (CONT):

Sir David,

wet this afternoon under the shadow

of hideous events and of course it would be incredible if

these horrors which we have seen so vividly on our

television screens and had reported in such detail, did

not have repercussions in Hong Kong.

Vo have heard here about the very large

demonstrations that took place, we understand completely

orderly demonstrations. Ve have seen the newspapers

report the Bang Sang Index falling by 22 percent in a

single day which I think is more than it has since the

great crash of Black Monday in 1987,

These seem to be momentous evente and we would vary

much like you to share with us your assessment about the

effects that they are now having on the people of Hong

Kong.

SIR DAVID VILSON:

Chairman, thank you very much for your welcome and I

am grateful to you and to the Committee for being so

understanding about my postponing of the evidence session

that I would have given last Wednesday and understanding

my wish to remain in Hong Kong during the first part of

last week,