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all price increases, and appealing for the release of the arrested demonstrators. A crowd soon gathered, causing an obstruction, and he was warned by the police to leave. Following the example of SO Sau Chung, the young man appealed to the crowd, was arrested and taken away. Details of a subsequent interview with him are shown at paragraph 390.
119. This arrest provoked a similar reaction in some of the eye-witnesses to that of SO Sau Chung on the previous day. AU YEUNG spoke of his anger at the arrest, which he claimed to have been within the five minutes warning period, and he and three or four young men crossed on the ferry to Hong Kong with the aim of staging a silent protest on the spot where SO had been standing before. The crowd of onlookers and supporters grew and, on the approach of the Police, the demonstrators took evasive action.
120. Demonstration in Hong Kong Island. During the day and early evening a number of small groups of youths with banners were seen in Central, Bayview and Eastern divisions. The only arrests made were of two youths in Eastern district at 11 p.m. and no disturbances occurred on Hong Kong Island. One group which attracted some attention subsequently in connection with the disturbances that broke out later in Kowloon is that depicted in Plate 9. This group of four youths with two banners told reporters that they had walked from North Point to the Star Ferry where they had crossed to Kowloon only to be turned back by the Police. Their movement will be traced in greater detail at a later stage, but it is of some significance to note that whereas a march which was undertaken through the Central District of Hong Kong attracted very few supporters, one subsequently hold in Kowloon had much more success.
121. Interview with Mr. Bernacchi. Arising from the statements given to Mr. Patrick WONG by the five demonstrators who had called at the Reform Club in the morning, a meeting was arranged for 5.30 that afternoon in Mr. BERNACCHI'S chambers. News of this meeting travelled fast during that afternoon amongst those connected with the earlier protests and other demonstrators and bystanders in the vicinity of the Star Ferry Concourse, Hong Kong; eventually, the meeting was attended by 17 or 18 persons, much to Mr. BERNACCHI's surprise.
122. There is some uncertainty as to how all the participants were notified of the meeting apart from those who heard from Mr. WONG by telephone-LO Kei, LEE Tak Yee and MOK Lok Wai-and RAGGENSACK and Frankie YUEN, who both telephoned independently. The majority appear to have been contacted at the Star Ferry Concourse while participating in or watching the silent protest organized by AU YEUNG after the arrest of the demonstrator at Tsim Sha Tsui. The fact that messages were sent to the homes of SO Sau Chung and Miss LUI indicates some degree of planning at this stage behind the apparently coincidental gatherings.