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(3) THE WIDESPREAD DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD PARCELS AND OTHER AID
TO ALL STRIKERS'' FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND A CAMPAIGN OF
VISITS TO THE POOR, SICK AND AGED BY ALL COMMUNIST UNIONS.
VISITS TO CHINA BY UNION MEMBERS AND STUDENTS HAVE ALSO STARTED
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR PERIOD. TEMPORARY
STAFF, INCLUDING STUDENTS, HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED AND POLITICAL
STUDY SESSIONS CURTAILED IN ORDER TO HANDLE INCREASED BUSINESS
IN COMMUNIST BANKS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHNENTS, DISCOUNTS AND
OTHER 'CAPITALIST' 'SALES PROMOTION METHODS ARE DEING USED
WIDELY.
(C) COMMUNIST ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA CONCERNING PRISONERS
AND DETAINEES. FOUR ORDERLY DELEGATIONS VISITED GOVERNMENT
OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN HELD TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF AN
EMERGENCY DETAINEE CTELEGRAM 74) AND OTHER CONFRONTATION PRISONERS
INCLUDING TWO WHOSE SENTENCES WERE COMMUTED ON MEDICAL GROUNDS.
THE DISCHARGE OF ANOTHER DETAINEE FROM HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAS
BEEN TREATED SINCE HIS RELEASE IN DECEMBER 1968 (PARA. 1CD)
OF TELEGRAM 2269/69) HAS BEEN GIVEN NO PUBLICITY.
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(D) SOME AGITATION FOR A GREATER SAY IN UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS BY
STUDENTS, MAINLY. AT HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, WHICH RECEIVED
WIDE PRESS PUBLICITY. STUDENT LEADERS ARE FORMING A COMMISSION
TO STUDY PROBLEMS INVOLVED AND THE MATTER HAS QUIETENED
DOWN FOR THE PRESENT.
(E) FURTHER MINOR HARASSMENT OF POLICE ON FOUR OCCASIONS IN THE
UR AN AREA WHEN TAKING ACTION AGAINST OFFENDERS AND AT SHATAUKOK
VILLAGE ON THE BORDER A POLICE PARTY WAS ATTACKED BY A SMALL
CROWD WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ARREST STREET GAMBLERS.
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