Ta Kung Pao June 10, 1967
Police At It Again
Workers Vowed to Fight Back
The 'riot police' was at it again Wednesday-this time in Tokwawan where both the PWD workshops and China Gas Co. plants are located. Workers at the PWD workshops, some six hundred in all, were holding a protest meeting when 'riot police', some five hun dred strong, suddenly appeared outside the workshops. After having sealed off the sur- rounding areas and disconnected telephone lines in the areas, they went into action. Tear gas, wooden missiles and noxious chemical liquid were used against the workers before the attackers climbed over the walls to beat up workers who had already been overpowered by gas and injured scores of them. Over four hundred of them were arrested.
Though taken by surprise, some of the workers were still able to fight back with whatever at hand and managed to escape police
arrest.
The whole thing lasted two hours, from nine to eleven in the morning.
At the China Gas Co., there were only about 150 workers when some 500 'riot police' opened attack. The gate of the plant was forced open with welding torch, and the same routine of tear gas, wooden missiles, batons and gun butts was repeated. Over a hundred workers there were arrested. Some of the workers managed to avoid arrest by fighting
back.
At both places, the police began to tear down posters after mass arrests were made.
The brutality of the police angered the peo- ple in the surrounding areas so much that chicken hutches were thrown out on to the streets to hamper them and bottles and stones were hurled at them.
In total disregard of public interest, there has been a co-ordinated move to divide and cow the workers by mass suspension of work and 'reorganisation' in various public utility enterprises resulting in total disruption of ser- vice in such enterprises as the Star Ferry and the Taikoo Dockyard.
Joint meetings were held Wednesday night by workers of various public utility enterprises and 'government' departments. They are all determined to carry the anti-persecution strug- gle through to the end. It is time, they decid- ed, to settle the accounts with the British au- thorities for all the crimes they and their pre- decessors have committed during the past hun- dred years or so.
At the meetings the workers warned the British authorities that they were prepared to take up all challenges and fight in whatever manner the authorities will choose, be it a big
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Gunboats
There have been a few references to the presence of Chinese gunboats in Macao harbour early this year after the People's Daily denounced the anachronistic gunboat policy still being practised by British imperial- ists. The point missed by these quick-witted is that the Chinese gunboats were in their own waters and were there to cheer their own people. No one would accuse the British authorities of practising gunboat policy if they cared to display their war vessels at the mouth of the Thames.
Responsibility
Star Ferry workers were described as 'irresponsible' by the management when they staged a one-day work stoppage in protest against the arbitrary actions taken
fight, a total fight, a long drawn-out fight or an armed fight.
As a protest against the new atrocities com- mitted by the authorities on Wednesday.
Struggle Spread to NT
and Off-shore Isles
The flames opposing fascist persecution has spread to all areas in the suburbs of Hongkong and Kowloon as well as on the off-shore islands. Large numbers of peasants and fisher- men have gone into action in the struggle, along with other Chinese compatriots in Hong- kong and Kowloon.
Struggle Committees were formed in Yuen Long District on June 1 and in both Sai Kung District and Sha Tin District on June 4, by people of all circles in their respective districts.
Chinese compatriots of all circles in Sha Tau Kok District held a mass meeting on June I to denounce the British Hongkong authori- ties. After the mecting, angry compatriots put up numerous posters against persecution on the walls of the British HK police station and the building of the medical and health organisation in the district.
Similar meetings were also held by the in- habitants of Tingkok, Chan Uk and Lo Uk villages of Taipo District.
Large numbers of fishermen have also join- ed in the struggle. Following the example of the Cheung Chao and Aberdeen fishermen, those of Castle Peak Bay formed a struggle committee on the 4th to show their readiness
to
respond at any time to the call of the great
motherland for smashing the British imperial- ist reactionary rule. The Aberdeen fishermen painted on the piers huge slogans in red: All Hongkong fishermen, unite! Down with im perialism!"
by the police to tear down the posters the workers had put up.
One supposes that the management was showing its high sense of responsibility by suspending the com- pany's entire floating staff, an act which has resulted in an indefinite disruption of the service.
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A Whistle in the Dark
A report in the Standard emphasises that 'there is no let-up in Government's public works programme".
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Workers of Hongkong Electric Co. declared another 4-hour stoppage on Thursday and workers of the gas company and the Water- works downed tools on Friday.
Struggle Fund:
HK $ 6,600,000
The Struggle Fund stood at HK$6,600,000, showing an increase of 800,000 dollars over the figure the day before. The figure docs not include the one million dollars which members of the Chinese products trade pledged to raise.
A Disappearing Act
In these long summer days, the GIS has been most unstingily offering itself as laughing-stock for everyone to have a good laugh. Its latest feat was to make Mr Yu Hing, manager of Yue Hwa Chi- nese Products Emporium, disappear. Ac- cording to a GIS release, Mr Yu had dis- appeared three or four days after his re- turn from Canton and he was not to be found either at the Emporium or at his high-class residence in Yau Yat Tsun. But somehow the disappearing act went wrong. Mr Yu came out in person to refute the GIS report about his disappear-
ance.
He pointed out:
First, he has been in Hongkong all the time since his return from Canton on May 22 and has been working in his office as usual.
Second, in the same period he attended two meetings of the Struggle Committee of the Commercial and Industrial Circles.
Third, throughout his twenty years in Hongkong, he has never lived in Yau
Yat Tsun.
Chi Pen-yu Warns Britain
Peking, June 5 (Hsinhua) Chi Pen- yu, a member of the Cultural Revolution Group under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, strongly condemn- ed the British imperialists for their fascist atro- cities in Hongkong and vainly trying to in- timidate the great Chinese people with a few wretched warships in a speech here this even- ing.
Chi Pen-yu was speaking at today's closing ceremony of the seminar sponsored by Afro- Asian Writers' Bureau to mark the 25th an- niversary of Chairman Mao's Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art'.
He said: 'We hereby warn the British im- spokesman of the Hongkong British authorities said: perialists: the old debt you owe us in launch-
'We're going ahead according to schedule.'
It seems a great deal of reassuring is needed in some quarters here.
Truth Hurts
Some one has been crying for our blood and wants to have us nipped 'in the bud'. This goes only to show how much truth can hurt some one sometimes. Much as we do not enjoy in hurting anyone, we cannot make what is unpalatable palatable. We refuse to be found
ing the dirty opium war and forcibly occupy- ing Hongkong by taking advantage of the cor- ruption of the Ching Court is not yet repaid. Today you are again perpetrating fascist atro- cities in Hongkong. This is a grave provoca- tion against the great People's Republic of China. The 700 million Chinese people will never tolerate it.
'British imperialists, if you do not lower
in the company of those who are addicted to cooking your heads and own up to your crimes, we will
up silly fabrications and passing them off as reports 'from our own secret sources;
let
fist!
you have a taste of the Chinese people's iron
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