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3. THE MEMORIES OF THE APPALLING AND TRAGIC EVENTS IN

PEKING ARE STILL AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS. I MADE

CLEAR ON 6 JUNE THAT THE GOVERNMENT CONDEMN

UNRESERVEDLY THE INDISCRIMINATE MASSACRE OF UNARMED

CIVILIANS. NOW WE SEE POLICIES OF SYSTEMATIC

REPRESSION FOLLOWING IN THE WAKE OF THE BLOODY VIOLENCE

IN PEKING AND ELSEWHERE. WE DEPLORE THESE EVENTS JUST

AS VIGOROUSLY. THE WHOLE WORLD HAS BEEN HORRIFIED BY

THESE DEVELOPMENTS.

BUT UNDERSTANDABLY THE IMPACT HAS

BEEN FELT MOST IN HONG KONG.

4.

AGAINST THIS SHOCKING BACKGROUND, IT IS NATURAL

THAT MANY HAVE SPOKEN TODAY ABOUT WAYS OF HELPING HONG

KONG. IT IS RIGHT THAT WE SHOULD HELP. OUR

FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVE IS TO GIVE HONG KONG PEOPLE THE

FUTURE THEY WANT AND DESERVE IN HONG KONG.

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