Publishers Protest
"I (N Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) I 5 SAIGON, Mar. 1. . Saigon’s 36 daily news! papers will suspend publica- [ tion for three days from to- 1 "morrow in protest against! I steep price rises in imported; [I newsprint. The measure was decided) on at a protest meeting held! by several hundred South ' Vietnamese journalists, pub"lishers, newspaper workers' ’ and politicians. The price increase, decreed Iby the Minister of Economy 1 [ (Mr Pham Kim Ngoc) on Feb-I ruary 20, nearly doubled the I t price of some newsprint. [ A representative of the • Confederation of Workers' ! Union told the meeting the > confederation would give its | , full support to the publishers • and journalists in their; struggle.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32235, 2 March 1970, Page 13
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111Publishers Protest Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32235, 2 March 1970, Page 13
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