INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Press)
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D. 19 May 1967 R. 19
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Life throughout the Colony has remained peaceful for the second day running and no (repeat no) violent incidents have occurred. Left-wing organisations have continued to send groups to the gates of Government House to chant slogans and paste-up anti-British posters but they have otherwise behaved in an orderly fashion. A crowd of about five hundred people began to gather outside Government House shortly after half past two this afternoon.
The crowd later increased to some two thousand five hundred and there was another crowd of six hundred in the slip road east of Government House, singing and shouting.
on.
The crowd started to leave the scene as the day went
Shortly after five, it was reported that the crowd outside Government House had completely dispersed.
A crowd of workers gathered outside the Green Island Cement Works, but the situation is quiet.
Another meeting took place in the Labour Department this morning between the management of the Hong Kong Artificial Flowers Factory and the hundred workers of the factory who presented a petition to the Department on Tuesday.
future.
It was agreed to hold further meetings in the near
Meanwhile more public organisations have expressed their support of the Government in its efforts to maintain peace.
A group of leading citizens representing some two hundred thousand residents and landlords of multi-storey building, met Mr. Sutcliffe, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, this afternoon and handed him a letter supporting Police efforts in the current disturbances,
The leader of the delegation said that residents of multi-storey building were very much disturbed by the unfortunate disturbances in Kowloon.
The Director of Education today reminded school certificate candidates and invigilators for four centres that they should all report to King George The Fifth School at Mission Road to take the papers scheduled for tomorrow.
The school certificate examinations in all other centres will be held as scheduled.
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