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5. IN THE FIELD OF COMMERCE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS THAT LOCAL HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN ARE PLANNING TO INVEST IN AN
ASSORTMENT OF NEW LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES TO BE ESTABLISHED
IN PO ON COUNTY AND IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOTELS IN CANTON, SHANGHAI AND PEKING. THE PRECISE FORMS OF THESE DEALS REMAIN
UNCLEAR.
6. NO LOCAL COMMUNIST ORGANISATION COMMEMORATED THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF CHAIRMAN MAO ON 9TH SEPTEMBER AND
IN AT LEAST ONE COMMUNIST ORGANISATION THERE WAS VEILED CRITICISM OF ONE OF MAO'S DIRECTIVES.
CHINESE NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS,
7. IN CONTRAST TO THE MODEST CELEBRATIONS HELD IN CHINA TO MARK THE 29TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, TH EVENT WAS CELEBRATED IN HONG KONG ON A LARGER SCALE THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, H.E THE GOVERNOR RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE NC NA TO A RECEPTION ON 30TH SEPTEMBER TO CELEBRATE CHINESE NATIONAL DAY (1ST OCTOBER). THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO ENSURE THAT THE
REQUIREMENTS OF PROTOCOL WERE FULLY OBSERVED IN THEIR ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THE RECEPTION DURING WHICH THE GOVERNOR AND THE FIRST DIRECTOR, STANDING IN FRONT OF THEIR NATIONAL FLAGS, PROPOSED TO ASTS TO THE OTHER'S HEAD OF STATE. THE RECEPTION, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY 2,000 GUESTS, WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF A LARGE NUMBER OF MAJOR FUNCTIONS ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNISTS IN HONG KONG TO CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL DAY OF CHINA.
8, THERE WAS A MARKED INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INVITATIONS ISSUED BY COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF LEGCO AND URBAN COUNCILLORS AS WELL AS
LEADING PUBLIC FIGURES AND PROMINENT BUSINESSMEN TO ATTEND A WIDE VARIETY OF FUNCTIONS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE NATIONAL
DAY CELEBRATIONS.
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS.
9. THE YAU LUEN SHIPYARD, WHICH HAS ALREADY BUILT ONE DOCKYARD
AT TSING YI ISLAND, IS CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR A SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND LARGER
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