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Chaiwan and Wanchai districts of Hong Kong Island and in
Yaumati, Tsz Wan Shan, Hamtin and Wong Tai Sin in Kowloon,
the Society is financially self-sufficient. The main sources
of the Society's income are the monthly $1 subscription fees,
$3 initiation fees and surplus receipts of funeral aid
subscriptions. The Society has subsidised social functions
such as dinner parties for members to celebrate communist
events and recently has given relief to victims in a Chaiwan
squatter fire.
16.
At present, the Executive Committee of the Society
consists of 19 office bearers, most of whom are known
communists or communist sympathisers. The key positions of
Chairman and Vice-Chairman are currently held by WAT Chiu
(1448/6389) and CHENG Wai (6774/0251) respectively, both of
whom are known members of the communist-controlled C.R.A..
VI Hawkers Committee of the United Nations Association of
Hong Kong (U.N.A.H,K.)
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The Hawkers' Committee of the U.N.A.H.K. led by
MA Man Fai (7456/2429/6540) was formed in May, 1962, and by
1963 the formation of District Hawker Committees had
commenced.
These Committees were formed haphazardly through-
out the Colony without basic units of area representation
being evolved. For instance, Lau Fau Shan and Mongkok had
their own Committees but Western did not.
Initially the
However,
Hawker District Committee scheme achieved some measure of
success and by January, 1964, twelve such committees with a
total membership of about 1,500 had been formed.
these Committees were never truly representative of the
hawkers in their particular district and the influence of
the U.N.A.H.K. in this field has waned considerably since
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