En Clair
HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)
Telno. U/N
UNCLASSIFIED
PRESS
13 October 1967
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131830 SITREP One. A police inspector and four civilians were injured when a bomb was thrown at them in Shanghai Street in Kowloon this afternoon.
Another bomb rolled into shop but did not (repeat not) explode. A man was arrested at scene. A bomb was found in his possession. He will be charged with attempted murder.
Nine other bombs were found in various parts of Colony today and detonated by army ammunition experts who also dealt with fortytwo suspected objects in Shaukeiwan area on Hong Kong Island early this morning.
A new low cost housing estate to accommodate some thirty four thousand people in five thousand one hundred self contained room units is to be built by Government in Cheung Sha Wan district of Kowloon at an estimated cost of twenty five million dollars.
Eight fifteen storey blocks will be constructed on a thirteen point nine acre site bounded by Un Chau Street on North Cheung Sha Wan Road on South Hing Wah Street on West and Wing Lung Street on East.
Vast building scheme will include three primary schools with total of seventy two classrooms three kindergartens two vegetable markets chops administrative offices and fire station and ambulance depot.
Value of domestic exports for September showed an increase of thirteen point eight million dollars or two point three per cent over exceptionally high figure of five hundred eighty seven million dollars registered for September last year. Its also five percent up on last months figure.
Director of Commerce industry said today that import values on other hand showed decline of three hundred ninety five million or thirty six point six percent which is largely attributable to substantial reduction in imports from China which became very marked in August and continued into September. Value of re-exports also declined by fifty nine million dollars or thirty point six compared with
September last year.
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