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FOLLOWING THE DECLARED INSOLVENCY OF A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WHICH EMPLOYED A LABOUR FORCE OF 1,600, ABOUT
300 EMPLOYEES STAGED ORDERLY PROTESTS AT GOVERNMENT OFFICES, DEMANDING UNPAID ARREARS OF WAGES. FOUR COMMUNIST TRADE UNIONS REPRESENTING THE 300 WORKERS TACITLY SUPPORTED THEIR DEMANDS BUT GENERALLY EXERTED A MODERATING INFLUENCE. COMMERCIAL TELEVISION LIMITED, ONE OF THREE TELEVISION NETWORKS IN HONG KONG, CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.
BORDER INCIDENT.
3. ON 17TH AUGUST AT 1645 A GROUP OF SIX ARMED CHINESE MALES,
BELIEVED TO BE MILITIA IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING, WERE SEEN PURSUING,
IN CHINESE TERRITORY, A CHINESE MALE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE CHINA ILLEGALLY, THE PURSUERS FIRED A TOTAL OF TEN SHOTS OF WHICH THE FIRST TWO HIT AND PROBABLY KILLED THEIR QUARRY. NO SHOT FELL ON BRITISH TERRITORY. THIS IS THE THIRD INCIDENT IN SIX WEEKS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BORDER, INVOLVING THE SHOOTING OF SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
IMMIGRATION.
THIS
4. DURING AUGUST A TOTAL OF 5,665 (5,665) CHINESE ENTERED HONG
KONG FROM CHINA LEGALLY (COMPARED WITH 5,705 IN JULY). GIVES A DAILY AVERAGE OF 183 FOR AUGUST (184 IN JULY),
5. THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA ARRESTED DURING
AUGUST WAS 594 (505 IN JULY).
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6. 1,326 (1,326) REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM ARRIVED DURING AUGUST,
BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER IN HONG KONG AWAITING RESETTLEMENT ELSEWHERE UP TO 2,895 (2,895).
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