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given against further demonstrations, summed up the feeling of the young people as follows: 'When we first arrived at Mr. BERNACCHI'S office, we felt a little excited because, at the beginning, we did not know what would be the outcome of the had meeting, but after it had been decided that a mass rally would be held in order
At to bring about a solution to the rioting problems, we all felt more relaxed'. cro Nevertheless, three of those attending the meeting were subsequently convicted for riot offences committed in Kowloon a few hours after the meeting and one other tha apparently admitted taking part in a riotous assembly but was not charged owing Wil to lack of evidence.
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127. Visit to Rediffusion. At the conclusion of the meeting with Mr. nat BERNACCHI and after a brief encounter with Mrs. ELLIOTT, who arrived as the the meeting broke up, the group, on the suggestion of SO and RAGGENSACK, walked It s up Garden Road and along Kennedy Road to Wan Chai. Apparently all were in cro high spirits as they made their way to Rediffusion House to see television news this films of the previous night's demonstrations. The films they saw and the newspaper tha photographs were admitted by some e.g. LEE Tak Yee, to have had an exciting Te effect on them others e.g. AU YEUNG and Miss LUI, said they were shocked. In Sta any event, the group watched the 9 p.m. news films and at about 9.30 p.m. dispersed in small groups.
128. Meanwhile, LO Kei, a fuller account of whose movements is given in Part V Chapter 2, had failed to attend the meeting with Mr. BERNACCHI, in spite of the prominent part he had played in the earlier discussions outside the Urban Council Chamber and at the Reform Club; but he had not been idle. After leaving the South Kowloon Court, he had, according to his evidence, spent some time in Shanghai Street reading newspaper accounts of the demonstrations on the previous night and then had gone to Commercial Radio to record a broadcast, calling for support for the further demonstrations, which now began to develop.
CHAPTER 3.
THE EVENTS OF THE NIGHT OF APRIL 6/7TH.
THE FIRST NIGHT OF RIOTING
129. Recurrence of Demonstrations. Although, as the Commissioner of Police has told us, the security authorities had not had a great deal more than intuition to go upon when they decided in the day to mobilize their resources lest disorders should break out in the evening, their anxiety proved to be only too well founded shortly after darkness set in. At an early stage two groups, which may indeed have had the same nucleus, were prominent, crossing from the Island to Kowloon by the Jordan Road and Shum Shui Po ferries. Other groups, apparently originating in Kowloon, were also active in the Nathan Road area.
130. Incident in Jordan Road. The first group, consisting of four youths with a banner protesting against the ferry increases reached Jordan Road at about 7.30
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