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THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIC ASSESSMENT FOR FEBRUARY 1977.
ECONOMY AND LABOUR
1. THE LABOUR SITUATION REMAINS QUIET.
RATES
2. PROTEST AGAINST THE RE-ASSESSMENT OF RATEABLE VALUES CONTINUED MAINLY THROUGH THE MEDIA, COMMUNIST TRADE UNIONS AND UNITED FRONT ORGANISATIONS WERE, AMONGST THE ORGANISATIONS WHICH SENT DELEGATIONS TO GOVERNMENT OFFICES TO CLAIM EXEMPTION
FROM RATES FOR THEIR PREMISES ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY WERE NON-PROFIT MAKING ORGANISATIONS. PAYMENTS AT THE NEW RATE WILL NOT BECOME DUE UNTIL THE NEW FINANCIAL YEAR WHICH COMMENCES IN
APRIL.
CHINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES
3. CHINA WON SEVERAL EVENTS IN THE SECOND ASIAN BADMINTON COMPETITION HELD IN HONG KONG AT THE END OF THE MONTH WHICH PROVIDED THE COMMUNISTS WITH THE USUAL PROPAGANDA REWARDS. THEY FURTHER CONSOLIDATED THEIR INFLUENCE IN THIS SPORT LOCALLY, THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF WHICH IS COMMUNIST
CONTROLLED.
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