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4. STAFF OF MOST COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS HAVE RECEIVED SALARY
INCREMENTS OF UP TO TEN PER CENT. THE COMMUNIST UNIONS HAVE
SUPPORTED A NUMBER OF WAGE CLAIMS IN THE NON-COMMUNIST SECTOR.
KUOMINTANG
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5. FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS FROM MEMBERS OF LOCAL KMT YOUTH ORGANISATIONS
THAT THEIR ACTIVITIES ARE BEING RESTRICTED, SENNIIOR LOCAL KUOMINTANG
PARTY MEMBERS HAVE INDICATED TO THE LEADERSHIP IN TAIWAN THAT THEY
DEEM IT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THESE ACTIVITIES ARE
KEPT WITHIN THE LAW AND DO NOT EMBARRASS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
THEY ARGUED THAT PROVOCATION WOULD CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
CHINESE COMMUNISTS TO EXERT PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION
AGAINST THE KUOMINTANG.
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6. THE CASE AGAINST FOUR MEMBERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MARXIST
LEAGUE FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT ON 1 MAY CONCLUDED ON 17 JUNE WITH
SUSPENDED JAIL SENTENCES OF THREE MONTHS BEING IMPOSED (PARAGRAPH
8 OF THE MAY ASSESSMENT REFERS). SUBSEQUENTLY THREE OF THE FOUR
PERSONS INVOLVED JOINED A GROUP WHICH STAGED A MINOR PROTEST
OUTSIDE THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSULATE GENERAL TO MARK THE FIRST
ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOWETO DISTURBANCES.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
7. THHERE HAS BEEN SOME INCREASE IN THE ARRIVAL OF SEABORNE REFUGEES
FROM VIETNAM DURING THE LAST MONTH TOTALLING 208 PERSONS WHO ARRIVED
IN EIGHT GROUPS. THREE OF THESE GROUPS WERE PICKED UP IN THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA BY PASSING MERCHANT SHIPS WHILST THE REMAINDER MADE THE
JOURNEY IN SMALL CRAFT. ALL THESE PERSONS HAVE BEEN LANDED IN HONG KONG FOR THREE MONTHS IN TRANSIT WHILE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THEIR RESETTLEMENT IN THE USA AND ELSEWHERE ARE BEING MADE.
HIJACKERS
8. TWO OF THE SIX FILIPINOS WHO HIJACKED A PHILLIPINES AIRLINES
AIRCRAFT FROM MINDANAO TO CHINA IN 1971 WERE ALLOWED TO LEAVE
CHINA FOR MACAU. THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN REPATRIATED TO THE
PHILLIPINES VIA HONG KONG.
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