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NCNA PROTEST ABOUT HONG KONG ALLIANCE DEMONSTRATION
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1. THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE ORGANISED A MARCH CULMINATING IN A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ATTENDED BY ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE OUTSIDE NCNA ON 24 JANUARY THEY WERE DEMONSTRATING ABOUT THE TRIAL OF WANG DAN IN PEKING. JI SHAOXIANG OF NCNA CALLED ON PA ON 25 JANUARY TO
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2. JI WENT OVER ALL THE USUAL GROUND ABOUT HKG AND THE RHKP CONNIVING WITH THE ALLIANCE, ABOUT DEMONSTRATIONS AIMED AT INCITING ANTI-CHINA SENTIMENTS NOT BEING IN ACCORD WITH THE
WILL OF MOST HONG KONG PEOPLE OR THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG AND ABOUT SUCH INCIDENTS HARMING SINO-BRITISH
RELATIONS. HE REFERRED TO A PRESS REPORT THAT THE ALLIANCE HAD ONLY INFORMED THE POLICE AND NOT OBTAINED A LICENCE, AND EXPRESSED NCNA'S UTMOST INDIGNATION AND REGRET OVER HKG BREAKING ITS PROMISE TO ENSURE THAT ALL SUCH DEMONSTRATIONS WERE WITHIN THE LAW. HE DEMANDED HKG TAKE MEASURES TO EFFECTIVELY STEM SUCH
ACTIVITIES BY THE ALLIANCE.
3. EHRMAN SAID THAT IT WAS CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE THAT HKG OR RHKP HAD CONNIVED AT THIS OR OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS. THE POLICE WERE THERE TO ENFORCE THE LAW AND KEEP GOOD ORDER. THEY HAD ONCE AGAIN DONE SO, ENSURING THAT THE NOISE LEVELS FROM THE LOUDHAILERS WERE REDUCED AT 11.00 P.M. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE. THE DEMONSTRATORS HAD DISPERSED PEACEFULLY AT 11.05 P.M. AND THERE HAD BEEN NO UNTOWARD INCIDENTS. HE SAID THAT THE PRESS REPORT WAS MISTAKEN AS THE ORGANISERS HAD APPLIED FOR AND OBTAINED PERMITS BOTH FOR THE DEMONSTRATION AND FOR THE USE OF LOUDHAILERS. WE HAD NO INTENTION OF ALLOWING HONG KONG TO BECOME A BASE FOR SUBVERSION. BUT PEOPLE WERE FREE TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS WITHIN THE LAW.
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4. THERE WAS NOTHING NEW IN THIS PROTEST (EXCEPT FOR ONE
ENTERTAINING REFERENCE TO THE ALLIANCE INTERFERING WITH THE
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