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SSION 7 HONGKONG ADD ROUNDUP
THE RIOTERS, BEATEN BACK WITH BATONS, WERE REPORTED TO HAVE SET FIRE TO A POLICE MOTOR CYCLE, A POLICE VAN, A TAXI AND AN ARMY VEHICLE.
FIRE ENGINES SCREAMED DOWN THE MODERN, TREE-LINED NATHAN ROAD IN THE WAKE OF THE RIOTERS.
BY 164 LOCAL TIME (0845 GMT) THE RIOTERS, CARRYING BANNERS, SHOUTING AND SINGING, STARTED MARCHING NORTHWARDS WITH THE POLICE ADVANCING BEHIND THEM.
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REUTER (LL)
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MISSIO 98 HONGKONG
POLICE RIOT SQUADS WERE LATER BELIEVED TO HAVE THE RIOTERS "BOXED" INTO A 300-YARD SECTION OF THE STREET. THOUSANDS OF EUROPEA 9 AND CHINESE LOOKED ON.
EUTER..0937
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RIOTING BROKE OUT AGAIN IN THE
CHINESE SECTION OF THE MONGKOK AREA OF KOWLOON, TO WHICH THE RITOERS HAD RETREATED FROM THE MAIN STREET.
SHOTS WERE FIRED AND TEAR GAS USED.
REUTER 0941
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CORRECTION
IN ROUNDUP NEW MATTER MISSION 2 HONGKONG PRINTER 0859 PLEASE READ SECOND PARA AS:-..." HUNDREDS OF POLICE GUARDS STOOD ACROSS THE ROAD WITH DRAWN
BATO. THEY HAD BEEN ORDERED TO STAND BY FOR AN EMERGENCY AFTER A 30 MAN COMMUNIST "COMFORT MISSION" WAS REPORTED TO HAVE ARRIVED ON THE CHINESE-MALAYAN BORDER.....
THUS INSERTING THE WORDS "....WAS
REPORTED TO HAVE ARRIVED ON THE CHINESE-HONGKONG BORDER REUTER 0947 (LL)
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