Senior officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)
Garrison in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)
Monday extended their congratulations to Hong Kong on its being
removed from WHO SARS list.
Commander of the PLA Garrison Wang Jitang and Political Commissar
Wang Yufa said Hong Kong's departing from the list marksthat Hong
Kong has won the battle against SARS.
In
a congratulatory letter, they added that under the leadership of
the Hong Kong SAR government with Tung Chee Hwa as its head, Hong
Kong residents have united as a one to win the battle.
"It proves that Hong Kong people can deal jointly with all the
challenges facing them and overcome all the difficulties, to
maintain the long-term stability and prosperity in Hong Kong," they
said.
They believed that with the implementation of rebuilding and
cleaning the city policy, Hong Kong will surely achieve economic
revitalizing, and its image as an international city will be
further lifted. Hong Kong will surely have a better future, the
concluded.
(Xinhua News Agency June 24, 2003)
