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This divergence of opinion developed into a prolonged power struggle which ended with WONG Chung-ping being replaced by
CHEUNG Yat-fan as Chairman of the Executive Committee.
CHAN Hip-ping who came on the scene only in 1967 because Vice-chairman, WONG Chung-ping is still staying with the Committee as an Executive Committee member but very seldom attends committee meetings and functions. LEE Wai-kwan, the other Vice-Chairman was formerly Wong's supporter. WONG has fallen from power, LEE-ha's very little say in the Committee.
Now that
Although the power struggle in the Committee seems to have been
over, there is evidence to demonstrate that the defeated faction
is still attempting a return or is at least trying to undermine the already doubtful popularity of the current Executive Committee. In January 1974, posters appeared in the Walled City in the form of an open letter dated 11.1.1974 addressed to Walled City residents from residents of the New Year Celebration Party. (20) The poster accused the existing Executive Committee of bureaucratic practices, dishonesty in the use of funds, cheating Walled City residents, etc. Mr. CHAN Hip-ping's name was mentioned. On the other hand, the poster extolled Mr. WONG Chung-ping's past contribution to the Committee.
Political Potenti:1 of the Committee
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Despite its apparent ineffectiveness and lack of popular support in normal times, the Committee must not be ignored for its political potential. Apart from being the only political organisation existent in the Walled City, the Committee enjoys
A
recognition by other left-wing bodies in the Colony and nost important of all by the New China News Agency, and from this it could be inferred that the activities of this Committee can be noded
by policy directives from the Peking Government. In previous cases, there was evidence showing that the Committee worked in
close consultation with the NCNA. In January 1973,