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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24. 1871
they were seen off at the airport by Leading members of the chinese table tennis association, the china-japan friendship association and other organizations concerned sung chung, wang hsiao-yun, Lu ting and tsou po-hsien, chinese table tennis players chuang tse-tung and Lin hui-ching and chinese junior table tennis players.
japanese friends in peking rinji miyaishi, yoshikiyo hyodo and nobuhisa izawa were present at the airport.
on the eve of their departure, the japanese visitors were guests at a farewell banquet given by the china-japan friendship association. end item
082307 two volumes of Complete works of marx and engels"
printed in chinese
peking, august 27 Chsinhua)
the 35th and 37th volumes of the "complete works of marx and engels", translated into chinese by the bureau for the translation of marx-engels- Lenin-stalin's works under the central committee of the communist party of china, have been published by the people's publishing house to meet the needs of the cadres, workers, peasants and soldiers throughout the country in their study of marxism- Leninism.
the two books are being distributed by the hsinhua bookstores in various parts of the country. end item
082309
nongkong seriously hit by typhoon
hongkong, august 23 chsinhua) a typhoon hit hongkong on august 17 and caused heavy losses to tens of thousands of chinese compatriots here.
preliminary statistics published by the british authorities in hongkong up to the 21st show that in hongkong, kowloon and the new territories more than one hundred
people lost their lives in the typhoon and over three hundred people were injured. several thousand living rooms were destroyed and a number of ships and fishing boats were destroyed or sunk. heavy losses were caused to the standing crops on the outskirts. the most seriously hit were areas of wooden shanties inhabited by the poor.
after hongkong was hit by typhoon some relief measures were adopted. the masses of chinese compatriots and various patriotic trade unions, organizations, institutions and schools in hongkong are working energetically in the spirit of mutual assistance and expressed warm concern for the victims and gave them material help. end item