TNAG-1965-FCO40-2797-Despatch-by-Sir-David-Wilson--Governor-of-Hong-Kong--Life-Af-1989 — Page 73

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

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Events in Peking

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Events in Hong Kong

27 May

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

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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.

28 May (Sunday)

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Mass parade by 500,000

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1 million from Chater Garden to Causeway Bay. Many left-wing participants.

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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