RESTRICTED
FM BTC HONG KONG
RESTRICTED
нисогой
RECE
07 FEB 1991
Y
162362 MDLIAN 3925
TO PRIORITY LISBON
TELNO 2
INDLA
OF 28020OZ JANUARY 91
AND TO PRIORITY
FCO
FROM BTC HONG KONG AS CONSUL GENERAL, MACAU.
SECURITY IN MACAU.
Ipar (Macau) RM28/1.
1. THE HONG KONG PRESS HAVE REPORTED A BOMB GOING OFF AT THE MACAU JOCKEY CLUB ON 26 JANUARY AT 3.30 AM. EMPLOYEES HEARD SHOTS AND TWO BULLET HOLES WERE FOUND IN THE GROUND FLOOR DOORS OF THE GRANDSTAND. THE BOMB CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE BUT NO-ONE WAS INJURED. A NOTE WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE THREATENING THE ACTING GOVERNOR, NABO, AND THE MILLIONAIRE STANLEY HO.
2. THERE IS NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT THIS INCIDENT IS IN ANY WAY LINKED TO THE WORLD SITUATION. IT IS VERY LIKELY LINKED TO THE RECENT CLOSURE OF THE RACE TRACK BECAUSE OF OUTSTANDING DEBTS AND IT SUBSEQUENT TAKE-OVER BY STANLEY HO.
HEAP
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
202
SECURITY D
UND
EMERGENCY UNIT (PASSED)
HKD
ΜΑΙΝ
180
.TERRORISM
INTERNATIONAL
RMD
.(GENERAL)
LIMITED
SCD
CONSULAR D
ECD (I)
PS
INFO D
ISD (0)
LEGAL ADVISERS
MED
WED
PS/MR HOGG
PS/PUS
CHIEF CLERK
MR FAIRWEATHER
MR MCLAREN
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