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TRADE COMMISSIONER
25 JUL 196
Thursday, July 24, 1969
Main Stories
The most important items in today's non-Communist papers were the local reactions to the British decision on textile tariffs and the return of the missing yacht with an American and his girl friend on board after they were held captive in Chinese territory for eight days.
Stories on the former subject were used as the lead in Wah Kiu and Hong Kong Times while those on the latter subject were given prominent treatment in Sing Tao, Kung Sheung, Sing Pao and Hong Kong Daily News.
Communist papers, on the other hand, played up reports of the resentment against the court decision on 23 striking waterworks workers.
Stories carried by non-Communist papers on the returned yacht were similar to the one published in the South China Morning Post. No mention was made in Ta Kung, Wen Wei and H.K. Commercial Daily on the press conference given by the yachtsmen. However, Ching Po published a short story quoting the Government. Information Services as saying that the yachtsmen claimed that they entered Chinese waters inadvertently and that they were well-treated during their captivity.
Toxtile Tariff
The general reaction to the proposed British tariff was that the local industry would receive a heavy blow. This was pointed out in the headlines in Sing Tao, Hong Kong Times and Ta Kung.
According to Wah Kiu, there was strong reaction from various quarters and they would make a concerted effort to cope with the problem.
Kurig Sheung stressed that textile manufacturers were opposed to the proposed tariff and the Hong Kong Government was willing to transmit their views to the British authorities.
Most papers, including Sing Tao, Wah Kiu, Kung Sheung, Hong Kong Times and Ta Kung, reported that the Chinese Manufacturers Association decided at a meeting yesterday to ask the Hong Kong Government to take up the matter strongly with the British Government.
Considerable space was devoted by the "big four" non-Communist papers to publish the views expressed by prominent residents and industrial organisations. Wen Wei, however, only carried a very short story and,
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