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LABOUR DEPARTMENT
NEWS AND COMMENTS ON LABOUR MATTERS TRANSLATED FROM THE LOCAL CHINESE PRESS.
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H.E. the Governor
Honourable Colonial Secretary
Honourable Secretary for Chinese Affairs
Commissioner of Police (for Director, Special Branch)
Director of Information Services Registrar of Trade Unions.
Serial :
Wen wei Po
2nd June, 1967
Well done, workers of the 'Marine Department'!
(Editorial)
The Hong Kong British authorities have torn away their masks of 'democracy' and 'liberty' and put into operation the ir Fascist policies. Emergency Regulations' and 'Legal Frohibitions' have frequently been issued to produce white terror in full-scale. But all these regualtions' and 'prohibitions' are looked down upon by our patriotic compatriots. Armed with MAO Tse-tung's thoughts, the Chinese people are not afraid of gods and ghosts or anything elese, to say nothing of your so-called 'legal prohibitions'.
Just after the Hong Kong British authorities announced measures to prohibit the 'illegal display' of 'inflammatory' posters, European officers' of the 'Marine Department' followed instructions to scrape off the big charater posters and slogans put up by workers. As a result, the workers bravely launched a stoppage of work in protest from morning till dusk. With numerous launches moored in the dockyard of the 'Marine Department', sea transport was virtually paralysed for the Hong Kong British authorities. The workers declared that they would resume work only when the posters had been replaced. They convened a rally to accuse the Hong Kong British authorities of Fascist atrocities and angrily had the European officers' concerned submitted to trial: Those 'officers' who at other times assumed stern attitude and acted like tyrants were completely disgraced. How satisfying to us all!
The workers of the 'Marine Department' have really done well and struggled well! We hail and salute you all, brother-workers! The workers of the 'Marine Department' said, "If you can arrest, beat and kill people, why can't we raise protests?" up posters and plaster slogans is only the mildest form of protest. To put Workers of all trades and their compatriots in all circles will stage a n even bigger and stronger protest. To be patriotic is not a crime; to oppose violence is justified. The ones who are guilty are you, the Hong Kong British authorities, not our compatriots. If you don't bow to admit your guilt, the workers and their compatriots will never leave you alone, and you will certainly have ટ bad end.
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Our great leader Chairman Mao says, "The U.S. imperialists made a wrong appraisal of the situation. They overestimated themselves and underestimated the people." This time the Hong Kong
100 of 2nd June, 1967
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