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OF 30040OZ JUNE 89
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1. HONG KONG TELEVISION NEWS GAVE PROMINENCE LAST NIGHT TO AN CABC?) REPORT FROM PEKING ON THE USE OF REMOTE CONTROL TV CAMERAS FOR PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE.
2. VIEWERS WERE SHOWN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC POSTING A LETTER (AND SUBSEQUENTLY BEING ARRESTED AS A SPY FOR TAIWAN), CLOSE-UPS OF DINERS AT THE BEIJING HOTEL, STONE-THROWERS DURING STREET DISTURBANCES, CAMERAS FITTED OUTSIDE THE U.S. EMBASSY, AND THE USE OF VIDEO ''STILLS'' IN TV REQUESTS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS BY THE PUBLIC.
3. IN THE BODY OF THE REPORT, MENTION WAS MADE OF ''A BRITISH COMPANY'1
HAVING SUPPLIED CAMERAS USED FOR SURVEILLANCE ''SAID TO BE INSTALLED AS A TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM''.
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