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such meetings and processions if he considers there is a breach of the conditions specified in the issue of the permission, It pointed out that obviously the application for permission to hold public meetings and processions is but a pretext for looking into the matter before banning them.

It further remarked that the provision regarding illegal assembly has revealed the ugly countenance of the Hong Kong British Fascists for the gathering of three persons without the permission of the Commissioner of Police may be regarded as illegal.

It said that these examples are sufficient to show how frantic the Hong Kong British Fascist authorities have become in the oppression of the compatriots in Hong Kong and Kowloon.

It concluded: "Hong Kong and Kowloon have been part of Chinese territory from the ancient times. Our compatriots in Hong Kong and Kowloon have a right to hold public meetings and processions, to love their fatherland and to learn and disseminate the great thought of Mao Tse-tung in their own territory. How unreasonable and unrealistic are the Hong Kong British in their attempt to encroach upon our sacred right through the enactment of the bill! Our loyal compatriots are resolute and determined to trample all these stinking orders under their feet!"

Hong Kong Not Affected By Sterling Crisis

WAH KIU YAT PO (18.11),

sterling, remarked the paper.

Hong Kong has not been adversely affected by the current falls in the value of the

Firstly, it said, neither Hong Kong's financial market nor its industrial production and import and export trades have been affected, because the Colony's economy is not based on the value of the pound sterling. Secondly, as Hong Kong dollars are independent and have their own real value, the drop in sterling value would not have any bearing on them.

It also pointed out that the commodity prices, the various trades The and the people here have not felt the impact of the sterling crisis. four million residents in Hong Kong would even immunise from further threats resulted in the British economic difficulties as they have shown their confidence in the Colony, it opined.

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