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1st September 1971

2nd September 1971

3rd-4th September 1971

15th September 1971

18th September 1971

21st September 1971

C.P.G. sympathisers and after the forum members of this group demonstrated against the "Two Chinas policy" of the United States outside the U.S. Consulate-General.

Members of the "70's Bi-Weekly" group handed in letters to the Hong Kong offices of both the C.P.G. New China News Agency and the Taiwan Central News Agency calling for action to be taken to defeat Japanese claims to the Tiao Yu Tai.

At the same time other members of this group staged a hunger strike at the Queen's Pier, Central, to protest against the indifference shown by both Chinese governments towards the Tiao Yu Tai issue.

Members of the "70's Bi-Weekly" group delivered letters to the Japanese and United States Consulates-General protesting at Japanese claims to the Tiao Yu Tai. Meanwhile the hunger strike continued at Queen's Pier.

The hunger strike continued at Queen's Pier but failed to attract much attention. It ended at 14.00 hours on the 4th September 1971.

The Hong Kong Federation of Students sent a delegation to Government House to hand in a letter demanding that charges against the 21 demonstrators arrested at the Victoria Park demonstration on the 7th July 1971 be dropped.

The Hong Kong Protection of Tiao Yu Tai Action Committee sent members in the morning to hand in protest letters on the Tiao Yu Tai issue, the "Two Chinas policy" and the 7th July 1971 demon- strators to the Japanese and United States Consulates-General and to Government House respectively. In the afternoon they held a per- mitted demonstration on the Tiao Yu Tai and Two Chinas issues in Victoria Park which passed off without incident save for a diversion caused by a group of girls wearing hotpants.

The Court ruled that the 21 accused arrested in the 7th July 1971 demonstration had a case to answer: (the hearing began on the 6th September 1971 at Causeway Bay Magistracy). One of the accused tried to make a speech on the lack of freedom in Hong Kong whilst giving evidence in his defence while another tried to tear off his shirt, for which he was later convicted of contempt of court by the Magistrate.

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