SEEN BY OVER 400,023 PERSONS.
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INTEREST WAS TEMPORARILY STIMULATED
BY THE ADDITION OF A FURTHER FILM ON THE CLOSURE OF THE CONGRESS
BUT THE RUN HAS NOW ENDED AT 2 URBAN CINEMAS AND ATTENDANCES
AT THE OTHER 4 HAVE DROPPED TO 28% OF CAPACITY. THE COMMUN IST
PRESS, HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO GIVE THE FILMS DAILY PUBLICITY.
(C) FURTHER INDICATIONS OF COMMUNIST SCHOOL EXPANSION WITH THE
PURCHASE OF LAND AND PREMISES IN A NEW TERRITORIES TOWN TO BE
USED AS A RURAL EXTENSION OF A LEADING COMMUNIST SCHOOL IN
SEPTEMBER AND EFFORTS BY OTHER SCHOOLS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL
PREMISES IN DENSELY POPULATED URBAN AREAS. COMMUNIST SCHOOL
ENROLMENT IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE 26,167 (SOME 2.4% OF TOTAL
STUDENTS IN HONG KONG), WHICH IS ABOUT 1,000 LESS THAN THEIR APPARENT
TARGET FIGURES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
(D) CONTINUED HARASSMENT OF SECURITY FORCES IN THE SHATAUKOK
AREA OF THE BORDER (PARA 1 (E) OF TELEGRAM 484).
FIREWORK
ROCKETS AND STONES WERE DIRECTED AT THE POLICE POST AND
POLICE/MILITARY PATROLS ON 9 OCCASIONS, APPARENTLY CULMINATING
IN A BARRAGE OF OVER 40 ROCKETS ON THE EVENING OF 26 JUNE WHICH WAS
OBSERVED CLOSELY BY P.L.A. PERSONNEL. NO INJURY OR DAMAGE WAS
CAUSED ALTHOUGH A SOLDIER AND A CIVILIAN WERE STRUCK BY ROCKETS.
THE AREA HAS BEEN QUIET SINCE THEN.
(E) AN INCIDENT IN DEEP BAY ON 25TH JUNE IN WHICH POLICE WERE FORCED
TO FIRE WARNING SHOTS AT A DUAL B.T./C.T. REGISTERED FISHING
JUNK UNDERWAY AT NIGHT WITHOUT NAVIGATION LIGHTS AFTER IT
TWICE ATTEMPTED TO RAM THE POLICE LAUNCH WHICH SIGNALLED IT TO
STOP.
NO MOTIVE WAS APPARENT OTHER THAN THE BELLIGERENCY OF THE
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