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(C) PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW Y HUA (CORRECT REGISTERED NAME) SCHOOL CONTINUE ( PARA 1 (E) OF TELEGRAM 2292/68) SEMICOLON EX-CHUNG WA STUDENTS ARE BEING ENROLLED BUT ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS FOR NEW STUDENTS HAVE NOT, SO FAR, BEEN WELL ATTENDED. THE EX-HEADMASTER OF CHUNG WA, RECENTLY RELEASED FROM

EMERGENCY DETENTION (PARA 1(C) OF TELEGRAM 2534/68), HAS STATED HWB 13/4

THAT I IT IS PLANNED TO ENROL 1,900 STUDENTS AND THAT HE WOULD CONTROL THE SCHOOL FROM 'BEHIND THE SCENES'. SIX OF THE ? APPLICATIONS FCR TEACHERS IN THE NEW SCHOOL ARE EX-CHUNG WA STAFF.

(D) INSTRUCTIONS BY COMMUNIST EDUCATIONAL LEADERS TO THEIR

STUDENTS TO PERSUADE NON-COMMUNIST STUDENTS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE FROM

OVERNMENT AND SUBSIDISED SCHOOLS, TO JOIN THEIR SCHOOLS AS FROM NEXT TERM WHICH OPENS AFTER CHINESE NEW YEAR. A FURTHER COMMUNIST SCHOOL SPORTS DISPLAY (PARA 1(D) OF TELEGRAM 2291) AND A FILM SHOW WERE ATTENDED BY NEUTRAL STUDENTS. THE INSPECTION OF COMMUNIST SCHOOLS HAS CONTINUED WIHOUT OBSTRUCTION.

(E) FURTHER EMPHASIS ON THE NEED TO EXPAND UNITED FRONT WORK AT MEETINGS HELD TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR AND THE EXPLOSION OF CHINA'S EIGHTH NUCLEAR DEVICE. A LAVISH MAO ART EXHIBITION IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR PERIOD AND SALES OF CHINA PRODUCTS ARE PLANNED BY MANY LOCAL COMMUNIST GROUPS. LARGE SCALE PICNICS HAVE CONTINUED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ( PARA 1(G) OF TELEGRAM 2291) WITH ONE ATTENDED BY OVER 4,000 PEOPLE SEMICOLON CONTACT WITH LOCAL VILLAGERS HAS REMAIN RESTRICTED TO COMMUNIST AREAS.

(F) MINOR HARASSMENT OF POLICE AND GOVERNMENT OFFICERS IN SEVERAL AREAS SEMICOLON IN THE MOST SERIOUS INCIDENT, A CROWD OF ABOUT 107 PERSONS WAS CLEARED BY A SMALL POLICE RIOT UNIT, FOLLOWING FOUR ARRESTS WHEN PRO-COMMUNISTS ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THEIR

WAY INTO A GOVERNMENT OFFICE TO PROTEST ABOUT THE INSTALLATION

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