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4 THE 67TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA'' PASSED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON 10 OCTOBER. THE LEVEL OF TH
CELEBRATIONS WAS ROUGHLY, THE SAME AS LAST YEAR BUT THERE WERE NO OFFICIAL PROTESTS BY THE COMMUNISTS ABOUT THE FLYING OF
KMT FLAGS (THIS WAS AT ROUGHLY THE SAME LEVEL AS LAST YEAR EXCEPT IN THE OUTLYING ISLANDS AREA, WHERE THERE WERE FEWER). ATTENDANCE AT FUNCTIONS SHOWED A 20 PERCENT INCREASE. PART OF THIS
INCREASE MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT 10 OCTOBER WAS ALSO A PUBLIC HOLIDAY, THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL.
LABOUR.
5. COMMERCIAL TELEVISION LIMITED WAS THE SUBJECT OF A WINDING-UP
ORDER ON 19 OCTOBER BROUGHT BY SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES.
PROTESTS ABOUT THE CLOSURE AND ABOUT THE REASONS FOR IT HAVE ENDED.
6. A SIX-DAY GO-SLOW BY THE INDEPENDENT UNION OF POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES RESULTED IN SOME POSTAL SERVICES BEING CANCELLED FOR A SHORT TIME. POSTAL SERVICES HAVE NOW RETURNED TO NORMAL.
COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN THE DISPUTE WAS HELPFUL.
7. FIVE OTHER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTING
SOME 3,200 EMPLOYEES IN WIDELY VARYING FIELDS ARE CURRENTLY IN DISPUTE WITH GOVERNMENT OVER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, PAY AND PROMOTION. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF COMMUNIST OR KMT SUPPORT FOR
ANY OF THE UNIONS INVOLVED.
EDUCATION.
8. THE WHITE PAPER OF SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 18 OCTOBER HAS BEEN FAVOURABLE RECEIVED ON THE WHOLE. CRITICISM OF THE PAPER HAS BEEN CONFINED
TO THE BAPTIST COLLEGE STUDENTS' UNION AND THE COMMUNIST-CONTROLLED HONG KONG FEDERATION OF EDUCATIONAL WORKERS. THE CRITICISM OF THE FORMER IS MAINLY DIRECTED AT PERIPHERAL ISSUES THE BURDEN OF THE 3RD AND 4TH YEAR CURRICULA AND LIMITATIONS ON NON-GRADUATE APPOINTMENTS TO CERTAIN SOCIAL WORK JOBS. THE HONG KONG F.E.W.
CRITICISES THE VAGUE TERMS OF THE REPORT AND THE FAILURE TO ANNOUNE
PLANS FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE FORM 3 LEAVING EXAMINATION.
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/IMMIGRATION.