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AN NCNA ACCOUNT OF A MEETING ON 2 MAY BETWEEN LIAO CHENGZHI AND REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CIRCLES IN HONG KONG APPEARED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEN WEI PO ON 4 MAY. THE SAME NCNA DESPATCH IS ALSO CARRIED BY A NUMBER OF NON-COMMUNIST CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS. AMONG THOSE RECEIVED WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION, THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION AND MRS. KITTY SIU, A WEALTHY LADY ACTIVE IN CHARITABLE WORK.
2. THE MEETING WITH LIAO CHENGZHI IS REPORTED TO HAVE LASTED FOR SEVERAL HOUS AND LIAO CHENGZHI IS REPORTED TO HAVE **
**ANSWERED THEIR QUESTIONS''. NO DETAILS OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE DISCUSSIONS ARE GIVEN.
3. COMMENT: THE TWO ASSOCIATIONS MENTIONED ARE BOTH LEFT-WING.
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