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Extract from Savingram No. 6 Secret from
the Governor of Hong Kong to the
Secretary of State for the
Colonies dated 12th
January, 1949.
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Except for the taxi strike the labour situation remains quiet. The taxi strike has continued for over three months, and there are some indications that the union, in an ef ort to regain face and justify its lack of sucess, may try to bring about a general sympathy strike involving the other unions of the Left Wing "Federation" of which the Taxi Drivers' Union is a member. Considerable efforts at friendly conciliation have been made by the Commissioner of Labour, but the employers are adamant feeling that they have a strong case. strikers, for their part, are obstinate and embittered by the fact that some "blackleg" drivers have been taken on in their places.
They are
attemoting to give the strike a general "anti- capitalist" complexion.
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