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18 August, 1967
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The pedestrians and at least one of two people in ambulance were injured in collision and ambulance left road.
Military Commander on Hong Kong side of border at Sha Tauvkok broadcast a message to his counterpart on other side informing him that accident had taken place.
As a result of recent incidents in border area it is necessary in interest of public peace and order to alter hours of curfew which apply there.
The previous curfew hours which had been in effect since nineteen fortynine were from eleven p.m. to six a.m. Revised curfew times are ten p.m. to five a.m.
These new curfew hours are designed to curtail movement of unauthorised persons in border area. They should also benefit farmers in area by lifting curfew one hour earlier than previously.
Commerce Industry Department today introduced change in procedure for registering importers of frozen meat under importation and exportation (reserved commodities) regulations.
Commenting on change spokesman of Commerce and Industry Department said that purpose of change was to enable Government to gain more information about stocks of frozen meat so that it could if necessary increase stock normally held in Hong Kong.
Twenty-nine year old reporter Lau Chu Ping of Communist newspaper Wen Wei Pao was dismissed at Central Court today when prosecution entered a nolle prosequi.
Defendant originally faced two charges, one for unlawful assembly and other for forming part of an intimidating assembly.
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He was arrested on 15 July outside Government House.
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