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The 1967 Hong Kong riots were large-scale anti-government riots that occurred in Hong Kong during British colonial rule.Beginning as a minor labour dispute, the demonstrations eventually escalated into protests against the colonial government.
Firecrackers and fireworks were banned in Hong Kong for security reasons in 1967, [16] as a result of many IED attacks in the 1967 Leftist Riot. [17] However, the government stages a fireworks display in Victoria Harbour for New Year countdown and the second day of the Chinese New Year.
Specifically, the British Consulate and the Macau Branch of the Hong Kong Immigration department were once again targeted by protesters. [8] British consular staff in Macau were under constant threat and harassment by Red Guards, leading to the closure of the British consulate in 1967. [32] [33]
Lam was born Lam Siu-po (林少波) in 1929.. In the 1960s he worked as a radio commentator at Commercial Radio Hong Kong, which was fiercely critical of leftists. [1] During the 1967 riots, Lam criticised the leftist rioters on his own radio programmes.
Rioting broke out in Hong Kong that would ultimately see 51 people killed and more than 800 injured during a clash between police and 650 workers who had been fired from the Hong Kong Artificial Flower Works. A historian of the riots would later comment that "the sacking of the workers was the immediate trigger for Hong Kong's worst political ...
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