TNAG-1965-FCO40-2797-Despatch-by-Sir-David-Wilson--Governor-of-Hong-Kong--Life-Af-1989 — Page 19

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

Date

Events in Peking

22 April

100,000

HU's Funeral ceremony. congregate in Tiananmen square.

- Serious outbreak of rioting in

provincial cities of Xian and Changsha.

23 April

25 April

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Events in Hong Kong

- 20 members of the April 5 Action Group

stage a protest outside NCNA in support of the Peking students.

HKFS issues a statement in support of the students' movement in China.

26 April

- People's Daily editorial - a tough

line on the students' movement.

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Sacking of Qin Benli, editor of the Shanghai-based World Economic

Herald.

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HKFS delegation returns to HK from Peking. Chinese University Students' Union issues a statement to condemn the People's Daily editorial.

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