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Standing Committee on Pressure Groups

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Annex E

The Role Played by Social Pressure Groups

on Public Issue: The Yaumatei Boat Squatter Affair

By tracing the involvement of pressure groups in the

Yaumatei Boat Dwellers issue, this paper attempts to illustrate

(a) the usual tactics of pressure groups;

(b) the close relationship between the media and

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the groups action;

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(c) the effects of pressure group action locally

and overseas;

(a) Government's reaction regarding such activities.

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