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4. ECONOMY AND LABOUR.
TWO UNIONG REPRESENTING GOVERMENT ENPLOYEES CONTINUE TO
PRESS FOR IMPROVED CONDITIONS OF SERVICE. THE ASCOCIATION OF
POLICE INTERPRETERS DECIDED TO UPGRADE THEIR INDUSTRIAL ACTION FROM A CO-SLOW'' (SEE PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE DECEMBER ACHESSIENT)
TO A FULL WITHDRAWAL OF LABOUR OH 1ST FEBRUARY 1973 UNLESS
THEIR DEMANDS VERE MET. MORAL SUPPORT FOR THE APT HAD BEEN
PROMISED BY OTHER CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATIONS AND SOME ELECTED
MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL. A GATHERING OF ABOUT 280 API
MEMBERS WAS STAGED OUTSIDE POLICE KEADQUARTERS ON 1ST FEBRUARY
WHILE APT REPRESENTATIVES HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OFFICIAL SIDE.
AGREEMENT WAS EVENTUALLY REACHED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONDUCT
A FULL REVIEW OF SOME AS ECTS OF THE CLAIMS OF THE POLICE INTER- PRETER GRADE AND THE INTERPRETERS RESUMED WORK ON 2ND FEBRUARY 197
5. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COVINMENT SHORTHAND AUDIO TYPISTS
GAINED SONE LIMITED PUBLICITY IN THE MEDIA TOLLOWING THEIR
RETURN FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM WILURE THEY PRESENTED TIDER CASE
FOR AN IMPROVSHENT 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,
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GOVERNOR LEANDRO IN REVIEWING 1977, CONSIDERED THIS TO BE MACAU'S BEST YEAR ECONOMICALLY, AS EXPORTS, REVENUE DERIVED FROM
TAXES ON GAMBLING AND TOURISH HIND INCREASED. THE COVERMOR STATED
THAT THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN PORTUGAL IS UNLIKELY TO AFFECT
MACAU AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR 1970 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 PERCCHT OVER VALUE OF EXPORTS IN 1976.
ANNEX TO L.1.C ASSESSMENT FOR JANUARY 1973.
ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE SITUATION AS AT JANUARY 1978.
SUMMARY.
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