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>′E QIRD ESTIMATED TO COST OVER HAK BULLARD 152 M WHICH WILL BE
INANCED BY PEKING.
1.A.DUR.
10. FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION (PARA. 2 OF
AUCUST'S ASSESSMENT REFERS), THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROTESTS BY FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO ORGANISED A PUBLIC MEETING AND PRESENTED
HOWEVER, PETITIONS TO SECURE THE REOPENING OF THE STATION. GOVERNMENT HAS POINTED OUT THAT IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT THE STATION WILL BE REOPENED UNLESS SUBSTANTIAL. CAPITAL IS AVAILABLE.
THE EMPLOYEES HAVE FILED A PETITION TO WIND UP THE COMPANY, THE BALANCE OF OUTSTANDING WAGES WAS PAID CUT DURING THE MONTH. AN AMERICAN COMPANY HAS EXPRESSED COME INTEREST IN REOPENING THE STATION. AGITATION FROM A HARDCORE OF TWENTY VOCIFEROUS EMPLOYEES HAS CONTINUED INTO THIS MONTH OVER THE ACOPUNION OF THE STATION. FOUR MCMBERS OF THE EMPLOYEES ADHOC COMINTER WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED AFTER PARTICIPATING IN AN UNLAWFUL PROTEST MARCH ON 2ND OCTOBER 1978,
INTEGRATION.
11. DURING SEPTOIDER A TOTAL OF 7,016 CHINESE ENTERED HONG KONG
FROM CHINA LECALLY (COMPARED WITH 5,665 IN AUGUST). THIS GIVES
& GAILY AVERAGE OF 234 FOR SEPTEMBER (183 IN AUGUST). THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA ARRESTED DURING SEPTEMBER WAS 987 (594 IN AUGUST). THE FIGURE FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN DEPTEMBER 197 WAS THE HIGHEST ON RECORD SINCE NOVEMBER 1973 WHILE THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN SEPTEMBER WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE THE POLICY OF REPATRIATION WAS INTRODUCED IN NOVEMBER 1974.
12.
874 REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM ARRIVED DURING SEPTEMBER BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER IN HONG KONG AWAITING RESETTLEMENT ELSEWHERE TO
3,689.
F.C.0 PSE PASS SAVING WELLINGTON.
PASSED BY COLD TO CABINET OFFICE REPEATED
AS REQUESTED
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