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3. ALL PAPERS, INCLUDING THE COMMUNIST PRESS, HAVE CARRIED EXTENSIVE
REPORTS OF A MEETHING OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION
ON 25 OCTOBER. ALTHOUGH THE PRESS WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE MEETING, MIT WAS APPARENT THAT MANY OF THOSE PRESENT EXPRESSED MISGIVINGS ABOUT THE MANNER HN WHICH THE STUDENTS UNIONS' OPEN
LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER HAD BEEN SENT. THERE WERE
REPORTS THAT A NUMBER OF OFFICERS OF THE UNION WILL RESH-GN.
4. THE WEN WE: PO (COMMUNIST) CARRIED PROMINENTLY AN HANTERVIEW
WITH A DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF THE BANK OF CHINA MIN HONG KONG, SONG HAYING, IN WHICH SONG DENIED REPORTS IN YESTERDAY'S WINDEPENDENT PRESS THAT HE HAD CALLED ON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
TO REQUIRE BANKS IN HONG KONG TO MAINTAIN 25 PERCENT OF THEIR ASSETS HAN LIQUID FORM. SONG MS QUOTED BY THE WEN WEN: PO AS SAYING THAT SUCH AN IDEA WAS HMPRACT#CAL.
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