ATION.
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7. THERE HAS BEEN CONTINUING CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT'S GREEN
PAPER ON SENIOR, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION FROM SOME SECTIONS OF THE MEDIA, PARTICULARLY T.V AND A NUMBER OF LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL BODIES. OPPOSITION HAS CENTRED ON TWO ASPECTS OF THE PAPER: A SUGGESTION THAT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY SHOULD REDUCE ITS COURSE FROM FOUR YEARS TO THREE, AND COMMENTS THAT THE BAPTIST COLLEGE DIPLOMA IS OF A LOWER STANDARD THAN A UNIVERSITY DEGREE, ON 27 FEBRUARY OVER 3,000 STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE BAPTIST COLLEGE HELD A MASS MEETING FOLLOWING WHICH ABOUT 800 PARTICIPANTS PRESENTED PETITIONS AT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT ALLEGING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE COLLEGE. MEETINGS HAVE ALSO BEEN HELD BY STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES. ALTHOUGH THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS ON THE GREEN PAPER WAS 28 FEBRUARY 1978 IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS WILL CONTINUE.
ANNEX.
ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE SITUATION AS AT FEBRUARY 1978.
SUMMARY.
1. FEBRUARY PRODUCED NO UNTOWARD INCIDENTS. THERE WAS A LULL
IN ACTIVITY OVER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD FOLLOWED BY PREPARATIONS
BY THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE JUNIOP POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (JPOA) FOR THE ELECTION OF UNIT AND DISTRICT REPRESENT
ATIVES HELD BETWEEN 17-25 FEBRUARY 1978. THE EIGHTEEN MEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS NOW REPLACED THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, WAS ELECTED ON 23 FEBRUARY. TWO GROUPS ARE EMERGING IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE JPOA. WHILST THE MODERATES APPEAR TO BE IN THE STRONGER POSITION, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO PRESSURE BY THE MORE RADICAL FACTION WHICH IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY INTERDICTED
OFFICERS.
DETAILS.
2. BETWEEN 17 AND 21 FEBRUARY ABOUT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF JPOA
MEMBERS VOTED TO ELECT THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THIRTY ONE POLICE FORCE UNITS TO SERVE ON SIX DISTRICT COMMITTEES. SEVEN (OUT OF NINE) NON-INTERDICTED MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY
COMMITTEE WERE AMONGST THOSE ELECTED. ON 23 FEBRUAPY EACH
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