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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 847 TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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TRADE UNION MOVEMENT HAS LAUNCHED A FUND-RAISING DRIVE WITH A TARGET OF 1 MILLION DOLLARS HONG KONG. THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH ALREADY RUNS FIVE DAY AND FIVE EVENING SCHOOLS, INTENDS TO USE THE MONEY TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN A LARGE RESETTLEMENT ESTATE. IT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY EXCEED ITS TARGET AND HOPES TO PASS THE FIGURE OF DOLLARS 2.3 MILLION ACHIEVED IN 1966 WHEN IT STAGED ITS LAST FUND-RAISING DRIVE.
7. THE BUSINESS OF CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE GODOWNS, WHICH HANDLE ALL PRODUCE FROM CHINA OTHER THAN FOOD, HAS INCREASED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE COMPANY INTENDS TO ENLARGE CONSIDERABLY ITS GO DOWN AREA IN APPARENT ANTICIPATION OF FURTHER INCREASED TRADE.
8. SEVEN WEST GERMAN NATIONALS WHO HAD BEEN UNDER DETENTION IN PEKING SINCE AUGUST, 1968, WERE DEPORTED FROM CHINA ON 29TH OCTOBER. ONE OF TWO HONG KONG CHINESE, WHO WERE DETAINED BY A CHINESE GUNBOAT ON 13 SEPTEMBER WHEN THEIR BOAT DRIFTED INTO CHINESE TERRITORY WATERS, WAS RELEASED THROUGH LOWU ON 1ST NOVEMBER.
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ON 25 OCTOBER A GROUP OF 20 PERSONS DRESSED IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING CROSSED INTO B.T. FROM C.T. AND CAPTURED AND TOOK BACK TO C.T. AN ESCAPEE WHO, IMMEDIATELY BEFOREHAND, APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN INJURED BY SHOTS FROM C.T. (TELEGRAMS 842 AND 843 REFER). OTHERWISE, APART FROM TWO MINOR STONINGS, AND ONE OCCASION WHEN FIRECRACKERS WERE THROWN INTO B.T., THE FRONTIER HAS REMAINED QUIET.
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THERE HAS BEEN SOME INCREASE IN BOTH ANTI-AMERICAN AND
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