TNAG-1965-FCO40-2797-Despatch-by-Sir-David-Wilson--Governor-of-Hong-Kong--Life-Af-1989 — Page 30

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

Date

27 May

28 May (Sunday)

Events in Peking

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Events in Hong Kong

LI Xiannian and WAN Li support the line taken by LI Peng and YANG Shangkun.

- A delegation of 80 leaves for Peking to take

donations and materials to students.

12-hour mass concert at the race course. About 300,000 people attend. $12 million raised.

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Mass parade by 500,000

Garden to Causeway Bay.

participants.

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1 million from Chater Many left-wing

30,000 Catholics hold mass prayer & then join the mass rally.

10,000 parade in a few New Territories

districts including Shatin, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing, North and Lantau.

29 May

Erection of the Goddess of Democracy in Tiananmen Square.

Total of donations for student movement now exceeds $20 million.

30 May

John Shum and LEE Wai-kit of the All HK Alliance travel to Peking to investigate the political situation before deciding what to do with the donation.

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