Summary of Other Articles and News - 07/28/2003

(Clearwisdom.net)

The Truth About Falun Dafa and People's Minds

A Dafa practitioner in China opened a breakfast restaurant. Each day, he played Teacher's lectures to people coming in for breakfast. After listening to the lectures, some of the customers said: "What your Teacher said is so great. He teaches people to be good. It's not like what the TV propaganda has said. We citizens should be vigilant. Our minds should be righteous. Some authorities are really wicked; they force people into life threatening situations for no good reason." Each day, this practitioner would distribute Dafa truth clarification material to people in a unique way.

Overseas Brief

Reference materials: In a press statement issued on July 17, 2003, UK Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell has welcomed significant amendments made by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government to its proposed national security legislation (required under Article 23 of the Basic Law). The legislation is also covered in Her Majesty's Government's latest six-month report to Parliament on Hong Kong, published on July 17.

News from China

[China, Heilongjiang Daily, http://www.northeast.com.cn/, July 4, 2003] On June 28, heavy rainfall pounded Keshan County, Qiqihar City. The precipitation surpassed that in 1998. In the evening a dam broke and over ten thousand houses and 40% of the crops were flooded. Since the flood, people in Keshan County are busy trying to save themselves. A rough estimate puts the direct losses in the Keshan County at about 70 million Yuan [Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average Chinese urban worker is about 500 Yuan].