MACAO: PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES IMPLEMENT BAN PRO-TAIWAN ORGANISATIONS.

Record ID: 565952

  • Title: MACAO: PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES IMPLEMENT BAN PRO-TAIWAN ORGANISATIONS.
  • Date: 5th February 1967
  • Summary: 1. GV WATERFRONT. 0.04 2. GV PAN JUNKS AND SAMPANS IN HARBOUR. 0.09 3. CU FLAG FLYING (2 SHOTS) 0.11 4. GV IN STREET PAN TO CLOSED BUILDING. 0.17 5. CU FRONT OF BUILDING SHOWING SIGN REMOVED. 0.22 6. SV & CU SEALED DOOR. 0.28 7. GV PAN IN STREET SHOWING CLOSED CONSULATE OFFICE. 0.33 8. CU FRONT OF BUILDING SHOWING REMOVED SIGNS TILT DOWN TO PADLOCKED DOOR. 0.39 9. CU PADLOCKED DOOR. 0.42 10. GV TEACHERS' CLUB CLOSED. 0.47 11. CU FRONT OF BUILDING OF TEACHERS' CLUB AND SIGNS REMOVED. 0.51 12. GV SCHOOL NOW RENAMED. 0.55 13. CU SIGN. 1.00 14. GV PLAYGROUND AND BUILDING. 1.04 15. GV HUNTS. 1.07 16. SV TILT UP EMPTY FLAG POLE. 1.11 17. GV BUILDINGS. 1.15 Initials PBS/V-S/JH/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th February 1967 12:00
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  • Location: MACAO
  • Country: Macao
  • Reuters ID: LVA8P4ESF8SVTF4ZGEBHY8JLZBD
  • Story Text: AUTHORITIES IN THE PORTUGUESE ENCLAVE OF MACAO, IN SOUTHERN CHINA, HAVE IMPLEMENTED A BAN ON ORGANISATIONS RUN BY CHINESE PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE TAIWAN REGIME.

    THE PORTUGUESE AGREED TO BRING THE BAN INTO FORCE DURING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA LAST WEEK.

    THE BAN ON PRO-TAIWAN ORGANISATIONS WAS ONE OF CONDITIONS THE PORTUGUESE AGREED TO DURING DISCUSSIONS AIMED AT EASING A TENSE ATMOSPHERE IN MACAO WHICH HAD EXISTED SINCE DECEMBER WHEN A NUMBER OF CHINESE STUDENTS WERE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED BY PORTUGUESE POLICE. IN LATER CLASHES WITH POLICE EIGHT PEOPLE DIED.

    PRO-TAIWAN ASSOCIATIONS AND UNIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ILLEGAL, AND AMONG THE BUILDINGS CLOSED ARE A TEACHERS' CLUB, SEVERAL OFFICES AND A BUILDING WHICH SERVED AS THE OFFICE OF A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TAIWAN REGIME.

    A SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TAIWAN HAS BEEN RE-NAMED.

    SIGNS AND FLAGS ON THE BUILDING HAVE BEEN EITHER DEFACED OR TORN DOWN.
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