The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Friday received
more than 15,000 signatures that represent the good wishes of Hong
Kong residents for the Shenzhou V spacecraft to be launched
successfully.?
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Union (FTU) held the
campaignon Oct. 8- 9 in its 10 district offices to collect Hong
Kong residents' signatures to show local residents support and good
will for the motherland's first manned space flight.
Zhou Jun-ming, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the
Central People's Government in the HKSAR said these signatures show
Hong Kong residents' patriotism and their strong will for
motherland to be more prosperous.
Wong Kwok-hing, the spokesman for FTU, said the Hong Kong
residents' reaction to the campaign was quite good. Almost all of
the people were proud of being a Chinese as the motherland has
theability to sent people to the outside space.
(People's Daily October 13, 2003)
