Slutlu 11.13 pm. Statue Square a branch of a tree on which 11 people were sitting broke and crashed into the crowd.
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cert with leading groups at Central re- clamation car park and a variety show
in the furray Road car park.
The variety show at Statue Square
condemn Festival
Local communists have stepped up their campaign against the Hongkong Fes-. tival
In Stanley Village Road, one of the cube decora- tions was defaced with communist slogans saying "Down with the Hongkong British and up with Chair- man Mao."
Further
reports
have
been received that chil- dren's paintings in Hong- kong and Kowloon, being used as decorations, have been defaced by local leftists.
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A communist store la Wanchai is reported to bave mounted 2 loud- speaker to broadcast anti- festival propaganda.
This action follows con- siderable propaganda in the left-wing press during the last week against the festival which is described as being "a Fascist trick to hide all the poverty and misery in Hongkong."
Sources report that the communists are very angry at the success of the fes- tival
The two set to reiter in the Mandarin Hotel where they remained for several hours.
The crowd clambered on practically
ON BAGE
GOVERNOR'S
The Governor, Sir David Trench, returned to Hongkong last night and announced his term of office has.. been extended for a further six months.
Sir David said news of the extension was conver- ed to him “ust before" he left England on his back after two months* leave there.
Speaking at a press con- ference at Kal Tak,
SIF David said:
"I have always said I would always be ready to do anything that was ia Hongkong's best interest and I was always ready to extend for a Hide while S order to ût in to any plans the Commonweal.a might have for a su
As far as
decalon for a SUM¤ssor has been taken get,” he said.
Civic leaders contacted last night welcomed ibe news. Leading community organisations had earlier strongly supported moves to have Sir David's term further extended.
Sir David was due to complete his term, already once extended; next April. The new extension mcens
EXTENDED
SIX MONTHS
Le will serve until October. Sir David spent about nine days in London talk- ing to various people, in- cluding the Parliamentary Commissioner in the United Kingdom, Sir Edmund Compton, with whom, he said, he had a very interesting and, usc- ful" discussion on the sug- gested ombudsman system in the Colony.
UK patterns
Sir David said Sir Edmund, who was speak- - ing from his own experi- ence in the United King- dom, advised that Hong- kong "should on no account attempt to reproduce the Scandinavian pattern of an ombudsman with executive powers."
Sir Edmund, he said also advised Hongkong “against drawing too much on the pattern of New Zealand
Parliamentary
lozer."
Commit.
Sir David said Sir E mund Sing: in the er Home would be very wiser to rig very
koser ** he Engli pattern in which all com rimin's have to be chan
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asked about the late sirmation on the $90 mi licen loan to france proposed extension of t Ka Tak
Lay David said, "I don't think we can expect any verg major contribution to 112 con of Kai Tek"
South China Sunday Port Herald 14 December 196?