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INTERPRETED AS CRITICISM OF THE IMPOSITION OF MARTIAL LAW. MANY PAPERS FELT THAT IT WAS CORRECT FOR HK PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENT MOVEMENT. THE COMMUNIST TA KUNG (22.5) DESCRIBED THE ACTIONS OF HK PEOPLE AS RESPECTABLE, OBSERVING THAT
HE WISHES OF THE HK PEOPLE WERE ENTIRELY IN LINE WITH THOSE OF THE
PEKING PEOPLE. THE EXPRESS (22.5) SAID THAT THE FUTURE OF HK HINGED ON THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDENT MOVEMENT AND NOT ON THE BASIC LAW. WEN WEI PO (23.5) SAID THAT THE RECENT RALLIES IN HK SHOWED THAT HK PEOPLE DID CARE ABOUT PEKING. THE PAPERS ALSO HOPED THAT THE SITUATION WOULD BE RESOLVED IN A PEACEFUL MANNER. IT PROPOSED A THREE POINT SOLUTION: WITHDRAW THE TROOPS, HAVE PEACEFUL OPPOSITION AND DISMISS LI PENG.
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ADVERTISEMENTS WERE PLACED BY VARIOUS GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING TRADE UNIONS, JOURNALISTS, CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS, PROFESSIONAL BODIES, COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS, ARTISTES, THE BANK OF CHINA GROUP AND EMPLOYEES OF WEN WEI PO AND CHING PO, IN NEWS- PAPERS EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE PEKING STUDENTS AND CONDEMNING THE
USE OF FORCE AGAINST STUDENTS AND THE NEWS BLACKOUT. THE NUMBER
GREW FROM A SCORE ON SATURDAY TO SOME 170 TODAY (23.5). MANY PLACED THEM IN WEN WEI PO AND MING PAO.
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