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4. NEW PUBLIC LIGHT BUS LEGISLATION TO CONTROL MINI-BUSES (PARA.3 OF TELEGRAM 631) WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON 1 SEPTEMBER WAS GENERALLY

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WELCOMED ALTHOUGH COMMUNISTS ARE EXPLOITING DISCONTENT AMONG SOME MINI-BUS OWNERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

5. FOLLOWING RECENT GOVT ACTION AGAINST INELIGIBLE COMMUNIST UNION

32OFFICIALS (PARAS. 3 AND 7 OF TELEGRAM 673) THE GAS WORKERS' UNION

HAS ELECTED A COMMITTEE OF 8 ELIGIBLE AND 5 INELIGIBLE OFFICE- BEARERS TO REPLACE THE 13 NON-ELIGIBLE MEMBERS WHO PREVIOUSLY HELD 13411

OFFICE. THE IMPRISONED 'CHAIRMAN' (TELEGRAMS 658 AND 677), ONE OF THE INELIGIBLE 5, HAS BEEN RETAINED IN A MINOR POST.

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6. FIVE IMPRISONED COMMUNIST NEWS WORKERS WERE RELEASED ON 3 AND 6' SEPTEMBER AND WERE BRIEFLY FETED BY WELCOMING GROUPS OUTSIDE THE PRISON GATES AND HAILED IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS. NON-COMMUNIST

PRESS COVERAGE WAS LARGELY FACTUAL.

7. AT SHATAUKOK FIREWORK ROCKETS WERE DISCHARGED TOWARDS THE POLICE

POST ON SIX OCCASIONS AND ON FIVE OTHERS POLICE AND MILITARY

PERSONNEL WERE STONED BY KNOWN TROUBLE-MAKERS AND CHILDREN. NO

DAMAGE OR INJURY WAS SUSTAINED. ON THE EVENING OF 28 AUGUST A GROUP OF CHINESE CIVILIANS CROSSED INTO THE BRITISH SECTION OF SHATAUKOK

AND TOOK BACK TO CHINA TWO FEMALE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO HAD SOUGHT SHELTER WITH RELATIVES, THE NEXT DAY COMMUNE MEMBERS FROM CHINA VISITED KAT O ISLAND IN MIRS BAY, BRITISH TERRITORY, AND TOOK BACK TO CHINA THREE MALE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

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