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17 MAY 1947
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HK63 telegram No. 928.
HONG KONG
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928
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As for
H.K. Fel No.612
Copies to:-
Your telegram No. 612.
Peking Statement.
Subject to Ministerial agreement, we accept that
a statement should be issued in London as soon as
possible and a copy handed to the acting Chinese
Charge d'Affaires,
2. We propose the following draft: Begins.
"The recent disturbances in Kowloon arose from
an industrial dispute in April between workers and
their employers about wages and conditions of
employment involving 650 workers in two factories
producing artificial flowers. The injection
moulding sections of both factories were closed
and the workers were dismissed,
A settlement could
not be reached in negotiations between employers
and workers. The Labour Department of the Hong Kong
Government offered its services in an effort to help
the