Military for crowd surveillance, crowd control, general reconnaissance including aerial photography and communication flights. Thereafter, the H.K.A.A.F. continued to give such assistance as Government and Police needed although no longer on Limited Call Out.
187. Some members of the Civil Aid Services were called out to keep essential services going during the 'strike' phase. In addition they provided security guards on Government buildings and to escort convoys delivering explosives to work sites; they also met other calls on their specialist skills. The Auxiliary Medical Service provided help on several occasions.
188. To ensure effective liaison between the services Pol/Mil district headquarters came into operation at the start of the disturbances. As the name implies these were staffed by representatives of the Police and the Military; in the urban areas, the Colonial Secretariat or other civil departments were not represented but they were available for consulta- tion or advice if required. In the New Territories there was a head- quarters at Sek Kong which included the District Commissioner, New Territories, as well as representatives of the Police and the Military, and there were also similar liaison centres in each of the New Territories Administration Districts.
189. It would not be appropriate in this paper to describe in detail the work of all the departments of Government. They were all affected by confrontation; for most of them it meant a considerable increase of work; for many of them it brought a number of new problems that had to be considered and solved. Out of some 70,000 Government servants, 1,652 were dismissed for absence from work and 28 were convicted of offences arising from confrontation. The remainder carried on with their duties and many of them cheerfully worked long hours whenever they were required to do so. It was their example as well as the lead given by the administration in planning and executing measures to meet the communist attacks that was mainly responsible for the results that were achieved.
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190. The violence engendered by confrontation was contained but at a severe cost. Between May and the end of December, 51 persons died and 832 were injured as a direct result. The details of the 16 deaths
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