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LABOUR.
4. TWELVE GOVERNMENT-EMPLOYEES' ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTING ABOUT
9,000 EMPLOYEES (INCLUDING ABOUT 6,500 NURSES) IN WIDELY VARYING FIELDS ARE CURRENTLY IN DISPUTE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OVER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, PAY AND PROMOTION (SEE PARA.7 OF THE OCTOBER ASSESSMENT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF COMMUNIST OR K.M.T SUPPORT EITHER PARTICULARLY OR GENERALLY.
700 WORKERS AT TWO TEXTILE FACTORIES
OWNED BY THE TEXTILE CORP. OF HONG KONG WENT ON STRIKE BECAUSE OF
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE FOLLOWING THE SALE OF THE FACTORIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT. THEY RETURNED TO WORK ON 23 NOVEMBER AFTER THE MANAGEMENT ACCEPTED THEIR DEMANDS. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT-WING UNIONS REFUSED TO BE DRAWN INTO THE AFFAIR.
5. THE COMMUNIST FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS HAS DECIDED TO ACCEPT
INVITATIONS TO GOVERNMENT SOCIAL FUNCTIONS, PRIMARILY TO ATTRACT NON-MEMBERS AND TO INCREASE ITS CONTACT WITH PROMINENT LOCAL FIGURES. CONVERSELY, THE FEDERATION WILL INVITE GOVERNMENT OFFICIA
AND LOCAL NON-COMMUNIST LEADERS TO THEIR OWN SOCIAL FUNCTIONS,
PROPAGANDA.
6. ANOTHER MONTHLY WHICH COVERS CHINESE POLITICS IN A FAR MORE OPEN STYLE THAN THE MEDIA IN CHINA (AND WHICH KEEPS CLOSE TO POSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TENG HSIAO-PING) APPEARED ON THE BOOKSTALLS IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
THE MAGAZINE, TUNG HSIANG (TRENDS
MONTHLY), HAS NO OVERT COMMUNIST LINKS BUT IS PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROVAL OF LOCAL COMMUNIST PUBLISHING CADRES. THE EDITOR, A FORMER EDITOR OF THE WEN WEI PAO WHO ALSO EDITS CHENG MING''
(THE OTHER RECENT NEW PRO-COMMUNIST MONTHLY), HAS BEEN PRIVATELY
5,000 EXTRA COPIES WERE CONGRATULATED BY THEM ON ITS SUCCESS PRINTED OF THE FIRST ISSUE.
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