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UNION JACK AGAIN FLIES IN CAITON
CHITON SATUGDAY:- THE UNION JACK AGAIN FLIES OVER THE TISH CONSULATE 1 CAITO!.
IT WAS HOISTED TODAY BY THE CONSUL-GENERAL, MR. RONALD HALL,
WHEN HEV TEMPORARY OFFICES WERE OPENED ON SHAMEEN ISLAND AND
REPLACES THE ONE TORN DOWN AND RIPPED TO SHREDS A FORTNIGHT AGO
WHEN THE CONSULATE WAS BURNED BY DEMONSTRATORS IN RIOTS WHICH FOLLOWED THE KOWLOON EVICTIONS.
THE UNION JACK WAS HOISTED IN THE PRESENCE OF CANTON'S HAYOR, MR.AU YANG-CHU, FOREIGN CONSULAR REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE BRITISH COMMUNITY.
A SMALL DETACHMENT OF CHINESE POLICE SALUTED AS THE FLAG WENT UP AID THE MAYOR STOOD TO ATTENTION. WHEN THE FLAG BROKE ABOVE THE THREE-STOREYED BUILDING THERE WAS PROLONGED APPLAUSE.
EXCEPT FOR THE OFFICIAL VISITORS THE CHINESE SPECTATORS WERE KEPT AT A DISTANCE BEHIND GENDARMES REUTER
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