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TWO UNIONS REPRESENTING GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR IMPROVED CONDITIONS OF SERVICE. THE ASSOCIATION OF POLICE INTERPRETERS DECIDED TO UPGRADE THEIR INDUSTRIAL ACTION FROM A GO-SLOW (SEE PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE DECEMBER ASSESSMENT)
TO A FULL WITHDRAWAL OF LABOUR ON 1ST FEBRUARY 1978 UNLESS
THEIR DEMANDS WERE MET. MORAL SUPPORT FOR THE API HAD BEEN PROMISED BY OTHER CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATIONS AND SOME ELECTED
MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL. A GATHERING OF ABOUT 280 AP! MEMBERS WAS STAGED OUTSIDE POLICE HEADQUARTERS ON 1ST FEBRUARY
WHILE API REPRESENTATIVES HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OFFICIAL SIDE. AGREEMENT WAS EVENTUALLY REACHED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONDUCT A FULL REVIEW OF SOME ASPECTS OF THE CLAIMS OF THE POLICE INTER- PRETER GRADE AND THE INTERPRETERS RESUMED WORK ON 3RD FEBRUARY 1973
5. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT SHORTHAND AUDIO TYPISTS GAINED SOME LIMITED PUBLICITY IN THE MEDIA FOLLOWING THEIR RETURN FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM WHERE THEY PRESENTED THEIR CASE FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN STATUS AND A RISE IN SALARY TO THE MINISTER OF STATE, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
TRADE UNION MOVEMENT.
6. MACAU.
GOVERNOR LEANDRO IN REVIEWING 1977, CONSIDERED THIS TO BE MACAU'S BEST YEAR ECONOMICALLY, AS EXPORTS, REVENUE DERIVED FROM
TAXES ON GAMBLING AND TOURISM HAD INCREASED. THE GOVERNOR STATED THAT THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN PORTUGAL IS UNLIKELY TO AFFECT MACAU AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR 1978 COULD BE FINANCED WITHOUT THE HELP PREVIOUSLY NEEDED FROM PORTUGAL. MACAU'S
EXPORTS FOR 1977 TOTALLED 1,200 MILLION PATACAS, THUS ACHIEVING AN OVERALL INCREASE OF FIVE PERCENT OVER VALUE OF EXPORTS IN 1976.
ANNEX TO L.1.C ASSESSMENT FOR JANUARY 1978.
ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE SITUATION AS AT JANUARY 1978.
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