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17 August 1967
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Twenty-eight people were arrested last night when police raided five premises in Wanchai
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Police also seized large quantities of weapons and inflammatory posters as well as few bottles of concentrated acid.
Suspected bombs found at one premises turned out to
be fakes when examined by ballistics expert. The premises raided included Workers' Union and
Clansmen's Association.
Altogether four platoons of police were maintained
in the vicinity.
No (repeat no) troops were used and there was no (repeat no) cordon. Business in area in fact went on as usual during the raids.
The Director of Commerce and Industry Mister Sorby said last night that Government was investigating alternative sources of importing meat into Hong Kong to replace supplies from China. In a broadcast talk on food situation in Colony Mister
Sorby said that among the moves so far initiated was one in which a Commerical Representative had been asked to look into possibility of improving beef imports from Indonesia.
He had also had discussions with visiting South Korean Economic Mission about possibility of importing pigs or frozen pork from South Korea.
Other commercial channels were already making their
own investigations but Mister Sorby warned that there was little immediate likelihood of being able to replace in full the supplies which were not coming through from China.
He said in past week all householders had had to face
a substantial rise in price of pork and other [? wd omitted],
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63 17 AUG1967
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