331
169
Total
548
331
169
23*
187
186
ON
6
200
200
Percentage of Pre-distur- banco total
112 52
29
387
386
70
VIII.
(* Including 21 promoted from Labour)
CHINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY
Staff
Staff
No. on 11-5-67 (i.e. prior to disturbances)
.850
No. dismissed
after strike
Number reinstated
Number of New employees
Number on 31 July 1967 ·
Number on
7 August 1967
850
850
Percentage of Pre-distur- bance total
100
Labour
1,895
709
37
19
1,242
1,242
66
Total
2,745
709
37
19
2,092
2,092
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Apart from being quite unworthy in its total journalist or journalism it
was clearly no (repeat no) contribution to present situation.
Spokesman went on to say that any imperial observer, having seen for
himself, on the one hand the restraint of police and Government's rigid
adherence to processes of law, and on other hand the degeneration of
so-called "struggle" to indiscriminate terrorism involving
murder of young children, would assume that statements made at "press
conference" handly seemed to be about the same place or the same events.
"It is too late for these people to divert attention from the murders
and other crimes they have committed and applauded" spokesman concluded.
"If that was the purpose of 'press conference' it has failed miserably".
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involving bombs.
Speaking on motion for adjournment of Council at today's meeting,
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human life must be made to realise that if they are caught they may have
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Kan described killing of two young chilaren in North Point on Sunday
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more will suffer and he strongly urged Government to consider matter
without delay.
In his reply, Colonial Secretary Mr. Holmes fully endorsed view
expressed by Kan about brutal and cowardly murders last Sunday.
He assured Council that everything that is humanly possible is being
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committed them.
During the day there have been almost thirty reports of bombs in
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@ccurred o`tside Causeway Bay magistracy building at about three
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Lowu and Man Kam to rail and bridge crossings into Hong Kong were scenes
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This morning group of some forty (repeat forty) demonstrators
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At about same time a group of some fifty (repeat fifty) men threw stones
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Lowu. These demonstrators who used hay carts to screen their activities
were also repelled by gas grenades fired by Gurkhe troops.
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of border at Towu.
One of bombs set fire to roof of Immigration Office.
A little earlier three men swam across the river on left of
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a barbed wire fence before swimming back to their side.
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Apparent attempt to intimidate Commercial Radion, one of their most
outspoken critics, Communist terrorists today viciously attacked one of
most popular producers of the station.
The producer Lan Bun and his brother after getting into car outside
their Kowloon home when terrorists thres a petrol bomb into their car
and set it on fire.
Terrorists had stopped their car by pretending to be road
repairers and waving red flags.
Both brothers are in critical condition in hospital,
Lam Bun has used his influence and position to launch
anti-Communist campaign over Commercial Radio. Communist agitators have
been campaigning against Lam Bun for several months and posters were put
up in Macao recently denouncing him as traitor and threatening him with
punishment.
Immediately after the attack Commercial Radio announced a reward of one
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arrest and conviction of those responsible. A reward of fifty repeat
fifty thousand dollars was also offered by police.
In statement Managing Director of Company Mister George Ho strongly
condemned the "callous act" of the local Communists. He said that
despite the intimidation his station would continue to expose all
Communist plots and support the Government in the maintenance of law and
order.
During today bomb disposal teams received more than thirty repeat thirty
calls to deal with suspected bombs left in various public places.
But only two found in railway workers quarters in the new territories
were genuirs. The others were either "trick" bombs with no explosives or
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dollars to fifty (repeat fifty) thousand dollars the reward for
information leading to arrest and conviction of people responsible for
North Point explosion which killed two young Chinese children last
Sunday.
At same time reward for information leading to recovery of stolen
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the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the thefts was also
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fifty (repeat fifty) thousand dollars for each case.
Government today announced names of members of Compensation Board
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I am urgently considering the desirability of making emergency
regulations to provide for the death penalty for the unlawful possession
of high explosives, bombs or similar devices in certain circumstances,
Such regulations would be on the lines of Regulation 116A of the
Emergency (Principal) Amendment (No.2.) Regulations 1950 to which you
agreed in your telegram No. 1513 of 4 October 1950. Your file reference
was 14237/15/50. These Regulations were rescinded in April 1956.
2.
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to cover all cases of attempted murder (e.g. by the use of inflammable
liquids).
3.
There have to date (23 August) been the following bomb incidents:
Explosions 136
Bombs detonated or rendered harmless 202
Bombs found as a result of police search 43
False alarms and hoaxes 1189
Persons killed 2
Persons injured 61
You are aware from my telegram No. 1279 that two children aged 8 and 2
were killed an 20 August by a bomb left in a side street much used as a
children's playground. On 24 August a popular announcer on commercial
radio, Lam Bun, and his clansman were critically burned when a petrol
bomb was thrown at their car. Lam had been outspokenly critical of the
Communists and had been threatened. He has since died.
5.
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adjournment debate in Legislative Council on 23 August an unofficial
member suvocated the death penalty for these offences; he has received
considerable public support.
6. I am also considering the question of corporal punishment for these
offences.
7. A paper on the subject is being prepared for Executive Council where
the matter was raised on 22 August.
8. The purpose of this telegram is to give you advance notice and to
seek your preliminary views as early as possible.
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250815 Situation at border remains quiet following outbreaks of
violence yesterday. There have been no further reports of incidents.
Lowu and Man Kam To which were scenes of series of incidents yesterday
are now quiet as are other points along frontier.
More machine gun bursts were heard near Lowu and Man Kam To following
shots fired shortly before five o'clock last evening.
It is still not known whether these machine gun bursts were fired into
Hong Kong or Chinese territory. It is possible they were intended to
serve as a warning to demonstrators from Chinese territory whose actions
had taken a violent turn at both points.
At one point one of Chinese troops was struck down by a demonstrator at
Lowu while other demonstrators from their own side seeking to heighten
disturbances at Lowu.
Shortly before the stoning ceased at Sha Tau Kok one stone which
landed on Hong Kong side was found attached to a package containing gun
powder in form of a crude bomb. The wick on this improvised device
failed to function.
Referring to these incidents an official spokesman said that usual tear
smoke had proved ineffectual partly because of weather conditions and
partly because demonstrators had prepared themselves with home made gas
masks and took other precautions. Accordingly it was decided to use
phosphorus smoke grenades which produced
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