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PREJUDICED, THEIR DEPENDENTS WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO BE ACCEPTED
AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION
IN HONG KONG WOULD SUPPORT THEM IN APPEALING AGAINST THE USE
OF CR 55. NO APPEALS HAVE BEEN LODGED SO FAR.
3. THE FORCE AS A WHOLE APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN THE ACTION AGAINST
THE YAUMATEI GROUP CALMLY AND THE.JPOA HAS CONFINED ITS SUPPORT
TO LAWFUL MEASURES. MANY OF THOSE RETIRED ARE RELIEVED THAT THE
ACTION TAKEN AGAINST THEM WAS LESS SERIOUS THAN THEY HADDEO ANTICIPATED. THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO RESORT TO TACTICS WHICH MIGHT
DEPRIVE THEM OF THEIR PENSIONS AND OTHER BENEFITS.
4. DIVISIONS IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE JPOA AS THE RESULT OF
PERSONALITY CONFLICTS AND DIFFERING VIEWS ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT
AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO PREDICT
FUTURE TRENDS BUT AT PRESENT THE INFLUENCE OF THE RADICAL
ELEMENTS IN THE ASSOCIATION APPEARS TO BE WANING.
5. THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON 27TH APRIL THAT ELEVEN NEW POSTS HAD BEEN
CREATED AT A SENIOR LEVEL IN THE POLICE FORCE WAS RECEIVED
CALMLY BY MEMBERS OF THE FORCE ALTHOUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT
OFFICER CADRE HAVE EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION
CF OFFICERS FROM OUTSIDE HONG KONG ON THE SCALE PLANNED. THE
SUPERINTENDENT'S ASSOCIATION IS RESTRICTING ITS ACTION TO
EXPRESSING ITS VIEWS THROUGH OFFICIAL CHANNELS AND THE OTHER
STAFF ASSOCIATIONS ARE LIKELY TO FOLLOW SUIT.
ECONOMY AND LABOUR.
6. COMMUNIST UNIONS WERE PREOCCUPIED WITH PREPARATIONS TO
CELEBRATE LABOUR DAY (1ST MAY) ON A LARGE SCALE THAN IN RECENT YEARS. IN A DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL PRACTICE, BUT IN
LINE WITH RECENT INSTRUCTIONS FROM PEKING TO EXPAND THEIR
UNITED FRONT WORK, THE COMMUNIST FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS
AND ITS AFFILIATES THIS YEAR WERE ENCOURAGED TO INCLUDE
NON-COMMUNIST SENIOR MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES AMONGST
THOSE INVITED TO ATTEND THEIR LABOUR DAY CELEBRATIONS. KUOMINTANG (RIGHT-WING) TRADE UNIONS PLANNED THEIR USUAL
LOW KEY LABOUR DAY FUNCTIONS.
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