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Wan Police Station and presented a series of demands which alleged, that police had protected the right-wing workers, suppressed the left-wing and engineered the dismissal of the left-wing worker. They were assured of police impartiality and thereafter concent rated their efforts upon frequent meetings with the management at which they reiterated the demands referred to above. In the course
of these negotiations the workers frequently chanted the "Thoughts of MAO Tse-tung" but the management remained adamant in its refusal to accede on any count. Frequent meetings were held at the premises of the Tsuen Wan Branch of the union, but at the end of the month the workers appeared to be undecided as to their future course of action. Meanwhile production at the factory continues as normal. The right-wing Cotton Industry Workers' General Union (C.I.W.G.U.) (claimed membership, 1,500: paid up membership, 1,100), has taken little part in the disputo except for distributing a pamphlet giving its version of the original assault incident and requesting the management not to give in to the left-wing workers.
4.
The disputes at the Kowloon Motor Bus Company and the cement factory (L.I.C. Internal Intelligence Report for February 1967, paragraph 8 refers) were settled. The dispute in the Express Taxi Company also was settled through the intervention of HO Yin (0145/6343) the prominent left-wing businessman in Macao (paragraph 2 of the Appendix to L.I.C. report for December, 1966, refers) who is the brother of the company's manager. supported the drivers and was instrumental in causing the management to capitulate and to agree to all their demands.
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The study of "Thoughts of MAO Tse-tung" continued unabated throughout left-wing circles. Meetings were held daily in the F.T.U. and Workers' Children's Education Promotion Association (W.C.E.P.A.) premises, and in schools the "Thoughts" were likened to "rain and dew that makes the wheat grow". At several meetings directives were given that these studies be further intensified. It is claimed by left-wing publishing circles that from December, 1966 until early March, 150,000 copies of "Quotations from Chairman MAO" were sold in Hong Kong. Consideration is being given to reducing the price with a view to increasing sales. 100,000 lapel badges of MAO were ordered from Canton and 50,000 will be put on sale at the Chinese Children's Painting bxhibition, to be held at the City Hall and other venues in May and June this year; approximately 1,000 of these badges are being made of pure gold for sale in communist controlled shops.
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A number of local left-wing controlled schools, including the Hon Wa Middle School, the Heung To Middle School and the Tramway Children's (Primary) School intend to expand their student establishment in the near future. The Hon Wa Middle School will increase its capacity by 180 students from 1790 to 1970 by the addition of four classrooms. The Heung To Middle School will launch a campaign in April to raise $500,000 to build a new branch which is expected to accommodate up to 500 students, thus bringing its capacity up to 3,060. The W.C..P.A. intends replacing the existing Tramway Workers' Children's School with a new primary school which will accommodate 1,100 pupils, an increase of 900.
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Several variety concerts were held early in the month by left-wing circles to mark International Women's Day and the Spring Festival. The concerts, in addition to the usual praise of MAO Tse- tung, the Cultural Revolution and the C.C.P., contained stronger propaganda than heretofore; the scripts included items strongly critical of the Portuguese authorities in Macao and the R.I.I. (paragraph 3 of this report refers).
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On 6 March, the hawker and his wife who had been involved in an incident in December, 1966, during which shots were fired and three persons, including the hawker himself, were injured (L.I.C. Report for December, 1966, paragraph 23 refers) were convicted and
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