SEORET
DOCKYARD ESTIMATED TO COST OVER H.K DOLLARS 150 M WHICH WILL BE
FINANCED BY PEKING.
LABOUR.
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10. FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION (PARA.2 OF
AUGUST'S ASSESSMENT REFERS), THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROTESTS BY FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO ORGANISED A PUBLIC MEETING AND PRESENTED PETITIONS TO SECURE THE REOPENING OF THE STATION. HOWEVER, GOVERNMENT HAS POINTED OUT THAT IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT THE STATION WILL BE REOPENED UNLESS SUBSTANTIAL CAPITAL IS AVAILABLE.
THE EMPLOYEES HAVE FILED A PETITION TO WIND UP THE COMPANY, THE BALANCE OF OUTSTANDING WAGES WAS PAID OUT DURING THE MONTH. AN AMERICAN COMPANY HAS EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN REOPENING THE STATION. AGITATION FROM A HARDCORE OF TWENTY VOCIFEROUS EMPLOYEES HAS CONTINUED INTO THIS MONTH OVER THE REOPENING OF THE STATION. FOUR MEMBERS OF THE EMPLOYEES ADHOC COMMITTEE WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED AFTER PARTICIPATING IN AN UNLAWFUL PROTEST
MARCH ON 2ND OCTOBER 1978.
IMMIGRATION.
11. DURING SEPTEMBER A TOTAL OF 7,016 CHINESE ENTERED HONG KONG
FROM CHINA LEGALLY (COMPARED WITH 5,665 IN AUGUST). THIS GIVES
A DAILY AVERAGE OF 234 FOR SEPTEMBER (183 IN AUGUST). THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA ARRESTED DURING SEPTEMBER WAS 987 (594 IN AUGUST). THE FIGURE FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN SEPTEMBER 1978 WAS THE HIGHEST ON RECORD SINCE NOVEMBER 1973 WHILE THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN SEPTEMBER WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE THE POLICY OF REPATRIATION WAS INTRODUCED IN NOVEMBER 1974.
12. 874 REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM ARRIVED DURING SEPTEMBER BRINGING
THE TOTAL NUMBER IN HONG KONG AWAITING RESETTLEMENT ELSEWHERE TO
3,680.
F.C.O PSE PASS SAVING WELLINGTON.
MACLEHOSE
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BY COD TO CABINET OFFICE
PASSED REPEATED
AS REQUESTED
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