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CONFIDENT I AL
FM HONG KONG 070849Z DEC 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1719 OF 7 DECEMBER
INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON
SUSPENSION OF DISPENSERS UNDER CSR 611. MYTELNO 1675 OF 29 NOVEMBER REFERS.
HK
$1130
RECEIVED IN DOKKAN
REG 1CDEC 97
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2. AS OF 6 DECEMBER, 27 DISPENSERS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FROM DUTY UNDER CSR 611 FOR REFUSING TO PERFORM THIER USUAL DUTIES. 22. OF THEM WERE SUSPENDED AS FROM 30 NOVEMBER, 4 FROM 3 DECEMBER AND 1 FROM 6 DECEMBER. 7 EVENING OR SUNDAY CLINICS HAD TO BE CLOSED BUT THE DEGREE OF DISRUPTION TO PUBLIC SERVICE HAS
NOT BEEN SIGNIFICANT.
3. 33 OUT OF 115 EXISTING STAFF ASSOCIATIONS MET ON 4 DECEMBER AND PLEDGED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE DISPENSERS SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO CONTEST GOVERNMENT'S ACTION IN THE COURTS. THE DISPENSERS HAVE NOT MADE UP THEIR MINDS YET ON THIS MATTER. A NINE MAN COMMITTEE WAS SET UP TO CO-ORDINATE ACTION IN SUPPORT OF THE DISPENSERS. THESE ASSOCIATIONS ALSO CALLED UPON GOVERNMENT TO REMOVE CSR611 FROM THE REGULATIONS AND TO CANCEL THE SUSPENSION ORDER IMPOSED ON THE 27 DISPENSERS. IT IT NOT EXPECTED THAT THESE ASSOCIATIONS WILL TAKE DRASTIC ACTIONS APART FROM RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE DISPENSERS
4. I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS.
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