HONG KONG June 4 Kyodo (EDS: UPDA...

HONG KONG June 4 Kyodo

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Ten of thousands of nation in Hong Kong on Tuesday night remembered Chinese scholars and citizens who died in Beijing's military crackdown against the Tiananmen Square democracy change 13 years ago.

Despite the World goblet fever sweeping through the territory, particularly with China's first attempt in the tournament on Tuesday, many who attended the annual candlelight vigil said the soccer games cannot distract their minds and hearts from the cause of democracy.

''It doesn't matter that I'll miss the broadcast of common or two games,'' said Kwan Tsz-him, a 16-year-old learner who arrived at Victoria Park pair hours before the vigil began.

''The June 4 suppression is a major issue. The Chinese dominion should admit its wrongdoing,'' Kwan said.

admitting just a 3-year-old child when the ensanguined clampdown on the student-l asseverates took place in 1989, Kwan said his mother has shown him all the TV recently made knowns of the incident she videotaped at the time.

A bond in their 50s who took part in the annual vigil each year said they cannot forget what happened 13 years ago.

''I watched the TV broadcasts and listened to the radio of the present days overnight. I cried for those observers at Tiananmen Square. I still remember them,'' said cleaner Leung Wai-ching, whose vigilances swelled with tears.

''We flow here to mourn for those who died in the suppression. Our hearts are with them,'' added Leung's husband, retiree Lau Biu.

Hong Kong a former British colony is the no other than Chinese territory that can candidly commemorate the 1989 democracy asseverates and call for a vindication of the motion which Beijing considers ''counterrevolutionary turmoil.''

Organizers estimated above 40,000 people attended the rally.

At the vigil Tuesday, participants made a declaration together vowing to continue with their arduous fight to demand China its verdict on the Tiananmen Square democracy emotion and punish those responsible for the suppression.

They also observ a minute of silence in homage to the dead, followed by way of songs and slogans.

Ding Zilin, an organizer of the Tiananmen Mothers campaign in Beijing, spoke to the Hong Kong rally in a recorded message, urging the supporters not to give up their fight for justice. Ding is a retired Chinese professor whose son was killed in the violence.

''We will continue to be the pricks of conscience of the Chinese government'' said leeward Cheuk-yan of event organizer Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic motions of China.

''Our contend is not only to find on the outside who are to blame for the massacre, nevertheless also to push for China to induce toward democratic reforms,'' lee-side told Kyodo News.

The Hong Kong lawmaker added, ''The sum of two units events have nothing to do with each other. After all, the June 4 memorial arrives only once a year.''

''Every year there are ten of thousands of commonalty taking part in the vigil. That displays Hong Kong people have not forgotten the June 4 incident. That also ponders a strong demand for the Chinese sway to face up to the massacre,'' lee-side said.

However, a university catalogue of heads here found that local support for the pupils in the 1989 democracy asserts has declined by around 20 percentage points since 1993 The percentage of those who denounced the Chinese direction in the crackdown has also dropp across the years.

The latest scrutinize which polled more than 1000 family last month, found 384% of respondent believe the Beijing observers did the right thing in 1989 down from 586% in the 1993 individual while 18.9% did not think with equal reason The remaining 42.7% did not give any definite answer.

Still, 532% said the Chinese direction was wrong 13 years ago, down from 771% in 1993 whereas 136% commonalty interviewed thought otherwise, up from 57%

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