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SCMP reported that the Royal HK Jockey Club had taken a rare step into local politics by granting the Government $1.1 million for research into the Sino-British negotiations on HK between 1982 and 1984. The paper said that the Government would prohibit the sale of Mark Six tickets in supermarkets and convenience stores if strong public opposition remained, the Secretary for Home Affairs, Peter Tsao, said. However, the Standard noted that the scheme might go ahead in one district, if the relevant DB agreed. SCMP moted that new efforts to encourage the public to report crimes and to volunteer as witnesses would form part of a three-pronged fight against criminals in a plan to be announced tomorrow. The paper said that more than 130 publishers, editors and other senior journalists would attend a conference in HK to discuss press freedom and other issues concerning the media around the world. SCMP said that the Government dispenser's dispute over better pay and working conditions was drastically reducing the number of doctors at evening clinics. The paper also reported that Government welfare assistants last night called off their planned industrial action after talks with the Civil Service Branch and the Social Welfare Department on increasing staff to ease their workload,
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