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Background Nite
Mr. Rankin visited Hong Kong
in August of
This year,
at the muutation Hong Kong Socialist Democratic Party
The UN. Asconaction of Hong Hong
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He attended
he attended
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whose
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ceremony
He accepted an invitation to
the Hong Hong Labour Party.
become patron of the U.N. Asionalion of Hong Kong, an Mice / faxco Great the Gerenar recently with drew.
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The
U.N.
the
Association,
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somewhat
(on which subject it sent-a
•petition to the U.N. Committee of 24).
FURTHER ACTION
In the course of this year, This Party has thrown
off two splinter groups
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chairmanship of
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including
outside it's original functions,
the advocacy of internal
self- government for the Colonya
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split up
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