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GA 1500

IMMEDIATE

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FM HONG KONG 080855Z

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AKK 014/1

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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.288 OF 8 MARCH 78,

INFO PEKING, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE,

INFO SAVING WELLINGTON.

INDEX

GMAD 1978

OFFI

No Tak

PLEASE PASS TO CABINET OFFICE FOR SECRETARY J.1.C.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIC ASSESSMENT FOR FEBRUARY 1978.

ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE,

1. A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS INVOLVING ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE AND

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESENT POSITION IS AT ANNEX.

CHINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES.

2. OF THE SIXTEEN HONG KONG RESIDENTS AMONGST THE 161 DEPUTIES

CHOSEN TO REPRESENT KWANGTUNG PROVINCE AT THE FIFTH NATIONAL

PEOPLES CONGRESS IN PEKING, ONE (FEI YI-MIN, PUBLISHER OF TAK KUNG PAO) WAS REPORTED BY THE PRESS TO HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO THE

NPC PRESIDIUM. IN ADDITION, EIGHTEEN HONG KONG RESIDENTS,

INCLUDING SOME OF THOSE REFERRED TO ABOVE WERE SELECTED AS

DELEGATES TO THE FIFTH NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE PEOPLES

POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE CONGRESS. OF THESE EIGHTEEN, TWO, FEI YI-MIN AND KO CHEUK-HUNG (7559-2715-7160), CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WERE REPORTED BY THE

PRESS TO HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO THE PRESIDIUM OF THE CPPCC.

3. ELEVEN COMMUNIST SCHOOLS HAVE ENTERED 744 CANDIDATES FOR THIS

YEAR'S HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION. THIS

IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, WHEN COMMUNIST SCHOOLS ENTERED ONLY 297 CANDIDATES, AND PROVIDES FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT

COMMUNIST SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO CO-OPERATE MORE FULLY WITH

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES.

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