The strong combat effectiveness of the Xiangjiang media really cannot be underestimated, and the mutual accusations between Li Guangyu and Li Pengfei continue to ferment, and some media with ulterior motives also hope to make a big deal out of the matter, and they have begun to dig into the deep reasons and comment on this.

So much so that later, it was not only Li Guangyu and Li Pengfei's reports, but also the Xiangjiang government, the Li Group, its allies, and the British-funded consortium were all pulled into the water by well-intentioned people.

Governor MacLehose, seeing that the current chaos in the press had a very negative impact on the stability of Hong Kong, convened a meeting of the Hong Kong media on the morning of April 2 in the name of the Hong Kong Government, to which the heads of all major newspapers and television stations were invited.

Lee Guangyu was even named by MacLehose and asked him to attend the meeting in person, and he was not allowed to arrange for the group's senior management to do it on his behalf.

For Li Guangyu, MacLehose's mood is quite complicated, he is quite satisfied with Li Guangyu's contribution to the economic development of Xiangjiang, and he is even happier with his actions in Tin Shui Wai, the entry of Li Group has driven the development of Tin Shui Wai area, so that the economy of the poor and backward Tin Shui Wai area has been slowly reversed, and people's quality of life has been greatly improved.

However, Li Guangyu is not consistent with them in terms of designing for the position of Xiangjiang, and even has a feeling of going against them. It's okay if you're neutral, and if you have nothing to do, you still run out and criticize one of the spokespeople elected by your side.

With the continuous fermentation of the news, the members of the selection committee of the Heung Kong Business Association were criticized as worthless, and the shady scenes about this selection continued to be exposed.

If this continues, what qualifications does this youth league have to go north to the capital and discuss the Xiangjiang issue with the high-level leaders of the mainland on behalf of the Xiang ** generation.

Not only did MacLehose hope that public opinion would calm down this time, but the British side also gave him an order to stop the news about the smearing of the business youth delegation as soon as possible.

In the Governor's Palace Chamber, MacLehose thanked all of you for coming today.

MacLehose said: "The development of our economy in Hong Kong has not come easily, and I hope that for the sake of Hong Kong's stability, you can suppress the current hot topics in Hong Kong, and such reports are not beneficial to Hong Kong and everyone here." If there is turmoil in Xiangjiang, everyone will suffer. ”

Some of the people at the helm of the newspapers present here, headed by Ta Kung Pao, were reluctant to stop these reports, and they hoped that the reputation of Li Pengfei and others would be smashed, and that he would be able to minimize his influence even if he finally went to the capital.

One of them, the chairman of a newspaper who belonged to the same camp, said: "Mr. MacLehose, we in Hong Kong have always advocated news ownership, and as long as our media is not false and slanderous, the Hong Kong government has no right to stop our media from reporting the news." ”

MacLehose is very clear about the intentions of these people, MacLehose said: "Hong Kong's freedom of speech is our British government's commitment to all walks of life in Hong Kong, which has not changed, but as a member of Hong Kong, I also hope that you will not use more than 5 million citizens of Hong Kong as bargaining chips for your own selfishness, and the stability of Hong Kong's financial society is what the citizens need." ”

Li Guangyu himself was reluctant to get involved in this, but these media chased him all day long, and he couldn't do anything. So he criticized Li Pengfei, a rising bird, so as to reduce the impact on Xiangjiang after his failure to go to the capital.

Now that MacLehose has come forward, he can just get out. These reports are indeed not very good for the stability of Hong Kong, especially the later reports involve more and more people, and some of them even deliberately cause confrontation between Chinese-funded consortiums and British-funded consortiums, which pose a severe challenge to the financial stability of Xiangjiang.

After MacLehose named Lee Guangyu to share his views, Lee Guangyu said: "There is nothing wrong with freedom of speech in our news media, but we news media must also shoulder the responsibility of maintaining social stability." The people of Hong Kong don't need to talk about empty slogans, they need a stable working environment. ”

Li Guangyu then elaborated on the incident, and apologized for the adverse impact that he and his media had caused to the Heung Kong Business Association and the Heung Kong government.

Li Guangyu called on the major media in Hong Kong to stop reporting on this incident for the sake of the stable development of Hong Kong. At the same time, I also hope that the members of the Hong Kong Business Youth League will not talk about their slogans in public in the future, because the people of Hong Kong do not need those things.

Li Guangyu is still very influential, and after Li Guangyu finished speaking, led by Ho Hongyi, Run Run Shaw, Qiu Degen, Oriental Daily Ma Jia, and Sing Tao Daily all echoed Li Guangyu's views. He said that the media would stop reporting on this time, and hoped that Li Pengfei and others would not come out to expound on the remarks that caused controversy among the citizens of Hong Kong.

MacLehose was a little distressed, and if Li Pengfei was not allowed to publicize his political views to the outside world and create a false impression that the people of Xiangjiang supported his views, what qualifications would their delegation have to go to Beijing to discuss the future of Xiangjiang with the mainland's high-level leaders. Without the millions of citizens of Xiangjiang as their backing, who would take this youth league seriously.

However, the leftists do not have very much opinion on this, and as long as Li Pengfei and others are restricted from propagating those views in Xiangjiang, the pressure on the mainland negotiations can also be relieved.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, Mr. Li Pengfei, as a politician in Hong Kong, has the right to express his views on the future of Hong Kong, and we have no right to stop this aspect. Moreover, the issue of Hong Kong is not only a problem of our country and the mainland, but also a problem of more than 5 million citizens of Hong Kong, and the citizens of Hong Kong have the right to express their opinions on this. ”

Li Guangyu is too lazy to care about these matters, if it weren't for the fact that some people reported on his Li Group and Jardine Matheson HSBC against each other this time, he wouldn't want to ask about this, and he would have waited for a little money in July with peace of mind.

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. MacLehose, Mr. Li Pengfei has no problem expressing his political views, but he should not kidnap the wishes of more than 5 million citizens of Xiangjiang, let alone criticize other people's positions and choices in this regard." ”

MacLehose didn't know what Li Guangyu meant, wasn't it that he Li Guangyu and the Li Group were dragged into the water this time, so he was unhappy. Every time such a problem is involved, countless Xiangjiang families begin to pretend to be deaf. Especially these Chinese families in the upper class of Xiangjiang, when asking for their opinions, they will always shirk them for various reasons.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, some of Mr. Li Pengfei's remarks are indeed inappropriate, and I will communicate with Mr. Li Pengfei after the meeting. In the future, in public places, avoid such remarks, we, the Hong Kong government, have always respected your choice, and will never force you to make any choice. ”

After Li Guangyu saw that MacLehose had set himself aside from the others, he no longer cared about Li Pengfei's problem, and he himself had no ability to stop it.

Lee said: "Mr. MacLehose, I will ask my media to stop reporting on this incident, and I hope that some British-funded media will stop reporting on my Li Group and myself." ”

MacLehose was naturally happy to see that Li Guangyu could stop here, and without the urgent pioneer of the Li Group, the others were easy to discuss. MacLehose agreed to Lee Kuang-woo without the slightest hesitation, and after the meeting, he would contact the British-funded newspaper to stop some reports on the Lee Group and Lee Koh-woo.

Li Guangyu then made a request to the media leaders present, hoping that after everyone returned, they would withdraw some of their remarks and reports on the Li group and him, and not deliberately create confrontation between the major groups in Hong Kong, because Hong Kong's economic development needs to be stable.

Regardless of whether the newspapers of the left or the right are below, for some reasons, they all agreed to Lee's request. Most of the neutral and neutral media are media with whom Lee Guangyu has a good relationship, and they naturally agree to Lee Guangyu's request.

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