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4. ALTHOUGH THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENT ON GOVERNMENT'S GREEN PAPER ON SENIOR, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION WAS 28 FEBRUARY
1978, A NUMBER OF ACADEMIC BODIES, EDUCATION GROUPS, STUDENT UNIONS AND SOME CIVIC LEADERS CONTINUED TO EXPRESS CRITICISM
OF GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS. THE BAPTIST COLLEGE IS A MAJOR CRITIC OF THE PAPER. A FORUM AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC TO DEBATE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 1,000 STUDENTS BUT OTHER MEETINGS ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION WERE POORLY ATTENDED.
CHINESE PATROL CRAFT IN HONG KONG WATERS.
5. ON 23 MARCH A CHINESE COASTAL PATROL CRAFT NO 7801 OF THE HOI KUNG CLASS ENTERED HONG KONG WATERS OFF CASTLE PEAK. SEVEN PERSONS IN UNIFORM WERE OBSERVED BUT ANY ARMAMENT ON THE VESSEL
APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED. NO CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE CHINESE VESSEL AND NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO INTERFERE WITH IT DURING
ITS 2 AND ONE QUARTER HOUR PASSAGE THROUGH HONG KONG WATERS ALTHOUGH IT WAS SHADOWED BY A MARINE POLICE LAUNCH AND A HELICOPTER
WHILE IT WAS WITHIN THE HONG KONG SQUARE BOUNDARY. CHINESE GUN BOATS FREQUENTLY AND TRADITIONALLY OPERATE IN HONG KONG WATERS CLOSE TO THE CHINESE COAST IN MIRS BAY AND DEEP BAY. IT IS UNUSUAL FOR THEM TO PASS THROUGH HONG KONG WATERS FROM ONE BAY TO THE OTHER OR TO APPROACH THE HARBOUR AREA. ATTEMPTED HIJACKING OF A CHINA AIRLINES AIRCRAFT.
6. ON 9 MARCH AN INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CHINA AIRLINES BOEING 737 BOUND FROM KACHSIUNG, TAIWAN TO HONG KONG. TWELVE MILES
OUT FROM HONG KONG THE FLIGHT SUPPORT ENGINEER SUDDENLY ATTACKED
THE CAPTAIN AND FLIGHT OFFICER WITH SCISSORS AND A HAMMER BUT WAS OVERPOWERED AND SHOT DEAD BY A TRAINED SECURITY GUARD TRAVELLING ON THE AIRCRAFT AS A PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT HONG KONG. A CARD FOUND ON THE BODY OF THE FLIGHT SUPPORT ENGINEER, SHIH MING-CHEN, CONTAINED DETAILS OF RADAR RECOGNITION
PROCEDURES, ROUGH COORDINATES AND BEARINGS FOR A FLIGHT TO WHITE CLOUD AIRPORT, CANTON (FROM HONG KONG) AND FOR A FLIGHT TO SHANTOU "AIRPORT FROM TAINAN IN TAIWAN. DETAILS FOR THE APPROACH TO
SHANTOU WERE SIMILAR TO THOSE BROADCAST ON 23 FEBRUARY BY THE PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY FUKIEN COMMAND WHEN SUBSTANTIAL REWARDS
OF GOLD WERE OFFERED TO DEFECTORS FROM TAIWAN DELIVERING MILITARY AIRCRAFT OR SHIPS TO CHINA. WHEN INTERVIEWED BY THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES THE CAPTAIN AND FLIGHT OFFICER DENIED THAT
SHIH HAD TRIED TO FORCE THEM TO TAKE THE PLANE TO CHINA. HOWEVER ON THEIR RETURN TO TAIWAN, CHINA AIRLINES ISSUED A REPORT CLAIMING THAT SHIH HAD ORDERED THE CAPTAIN TO TAKE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE · MAINLAND.
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