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(vi) Another Chinese preg. iten deals with. the recent shiping disasters which live overtaken sinller craft in or near HONG KONG. It su „ests that the authorities nake o thorough examination of all vessels before allowing then to clear, and condeime the shipping congenies as being guilty of gross legligence. This is : etter for the authorities to take action won in the interests of passengers, concludes the iten.

(vii) The people of TURN HƠN and PING JEL in the M

TER STORT 2 have petitioned the fover tient asking then to withdrew their lans for the proposed new airfield at PIG JAN. (366 IR I TAI VICE). puts the people's case as folloTY:-

The Chinese-langu ge noway per reporting this

evcouted, affectin; 10,000 people.

Because of the proposal to build the airfield at

more than ten villages great and sirll have to be noflere tó no; their land will be destroyed and they have no

The frilrs say they have other occupation. Ancestors for hundreds of years.

The land has belonged to then and their and now puddenly they have to

Here they Inve lived nad died, Goverment and are hoping tint their requests will be heard.

ve. So the love petitioned the

(viii).. cure for "squeeze" has been supested by a former manger of the "ONG More Bus Company, who says that when a low- grade policeman only gets $20 a honth he can hardly be blaned for Laking what he call on the side". The proposals are:

(a) Better wages for lower grades. (b) Dismissal for Chinese, and repatriation

for Europeans, if convicted.

confidentiel body to receive complaints

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of squeeze and to investigate then. (d) A new attitude Cong offici.ls: service to the community instead of plunder. to be encouraged by lectures of instruction, but most of all, by the good example of superiors in the hierarchy of Coverment.

This

(ix) According to traveller from C. MCX to HON KONG, !reat resentment has been caused in. CON by the notion of the British authorities in insisting that all travellers from CLOMON to HOW? KO ( should Lave a permit is:ued by the 3.1.A.G. explanation for this sudden action was given and the Cantonese

litary authorities Lave taken great exception to it, especially

NO at the present time when Britis. prestige in Cor is very low. We result is that people are getting in to HONG KONG without permits trough the MAT TERRITORIES and on junks. In addition, it is said that the Chinese are taking reprisals”

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EXAMIRTION AD METRO RISTION OF MC-JAVA ASE VESTELS.

(1) Fro October 22nd to 26th inclusive, the Sritis. Naval officer referred to in Weekly Intelligence Strary No. 5 under this heading wg in accompanied the party appointed by the Chinese ilitary Delegation in its task of inspecting and collecting ex-Japanese vessels left behind by the Jap nese in HOO KONG waters.

(ii) During the period under review, four of the vessels previously viewed but not seized by the party vere toted to the typhoon refuge at YULTI and, TAI YET shipyard the two /V hulls to VAQTI, and the escort vessel and one of the temers to TAI YMT. Two unsuccessful attempts were ride to float Mo. TANIS 00 DARU which is askore on STORIQUILER's Island.

(iii)The Chinese anounced to the British officer their intention of seizing various shall ex-Japanese /V's already allocuted to Chinese shipping cognies. It was pointed out

to then that this was not in order, and that the replies to the Commodore-in-Charge's sip quoted in eekly Intelliconce