HONG KONG: MORE THAN 200,000 ANGRY RESIDENTS RALLY TO MOURN THE BLOODSHED IN CHINA AS PEKING QUELLS PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS.

Record ID: 214889

  • Title: HONG KONG: MORE THAN 200,000 ANGRY RESIDENTS RALLY TO MOURN THE BLOODSHED IN CHINA AS PEKING QUELLS PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS.
  • Date: 4th June 1989
  • Summary: HONG KONG (JUNE 4, 1989) 1. SV ZOOM IN SEATED PEOPLE WAVING BLACK FLAGS AT RALLY. 0.06 2. SV MAN SPEAKING AT RALLY OUTSIDE THE OFFICES OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY, CU AND SV WOMAN CRYING. (3 SHOTS) 0.17 3. CU WOMAN SPEAKER WEEPING, CU WEEPING WOMAN IN AUDIENCE. (2 SHOTS) 0.24 4. SCU SHRINE, GV PEOPLE WALKING TO SHRINE, CU BLACK FLAG, SV PEOPLE BOWING TO SHRINE. (4
  • Embargoed: 19th June 1989 13:00
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  • Location: HONG KONG
  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA3L1VCFV7TV5JMUWZYIOUZT5A0
  • Story Text: HONG KONG

    More than 200,000 shocked and angry Hong Kong residents rallied on Sunday to mourn the bloodshed in Peking. Union leaders called for a general strike to show solidarity with the Chinese people.

    Political leaders said the violence raised new fears over the British colony's transition to China's control in 1997 under an agreement signed by London and Peking five years ago.

    Many of the crowd wore black or the traditional Chinese mourning colour, white.

    Witnesses said there were at least 200,000 people in the crowd, who waved black flags and shouted: "Down with (Chinese Premier) Li Peng's fascist government. We will fight until the Li Peng government falls."
    A police spokeswoman said at least 170,000 people began a march to the central business district after listening to hours of political speeches at a race course near the office of the New China News Agency, Peking's de facto consulate in the British colony.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - ALEX SO</strong>
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