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Following is the transcript of the media session (English portion) by the Acting Chief Executive, Mr Donald Tsang, after the World Wide Fund For Nature Hong Kong Corporate Membership Award Presentation Ceremony at the Government House tonight (August 30):
Reporter: Can you comment on the Washington Post report today on the Al-Queda accounts in Hong Kong?
Acting CE: Hong Kong has been very active in joining all international efforts to fight terrorism. You know, in very good speed, we passed very comprehensive legislation against it and within the law, certainly we proscribe any person from financing and helping people to finance terrorist activities. While having not received the formal report yet, we want to ask about the details of it. As you know, we have got laws in Hong Kong preventing such activities.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion)
End/Friday, August 30, 2002
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