The remainder of the five administrative districts into which the former Chinese capital had been divided by the Commission, he added, were still closed, Restaurants and retail shops were opened in the First and Second Districts, be said.
Referring to rumours of the alleged threat to eject refugees from the Safety Zone, the spokesman admitted that the Autonomous Commission had advised persons in the area to return home "in order to ease congestion in the so-called Safety Zone."
"There never was any question of a time limit or of coercion being employed," he added. cee
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