What is the exodus in Wu Tong?

1962 "great escape" incident. At that time, it was a "three-year difficult" period, and a large number of mainlanders flooded into Hong Kong. By February, tens of thousands of Cantonese people smuggled into Hong Kong from the border every day. The British Hong Kong authorities take measures to restrict, intercept or prevent Chinese mainland people from entering Hong Kong legally or illegally. The police arrested people everywhere, and one car after another escorted the fugitives back to Shenzhen. Despite this, immigrants are still pouring into Hong Kong. In the early days of "Escaping Tide", Jin Yong's tone in the editorial was very low, because the left-wing newspapers such as Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po were silent at that time, and Jin Yong was also afraid of getting angry. However, the development of the situation made Jin Yong unable to sit still any longer. The reporters sent by Ming Pao came back to tell what they had seen and heard at the border, and all of them were in tears. Jin Yong made a decision: "I want to truly report this unfortunate news and publicize the sufferings of the 100 million compatriots in Qian Qian. As for the consequences, I will be fully responsible. " A large number of "refugees" are trapped in Wutongshan, Sha Tau Kok, and are facing a desperate situation due to lack of drinking water and food. Jin Yong wrote an editorial "Ben Ben! Help! "Call on relevant parties to organize rescue teams to go to Wu Tong. From mid-May, Ming Pao reported the news of "the tide of escaping from Hong Kong" with headlines and big pictures. At the same time, Jin Yong published a notice in Ming Pao, calling on all sectors of society to donate money and materials. All walks of life responded one after another. Within a few days, Ming Pao raised HK$ 6,543,800+8,000 in cash and a lot of materials. Ming Pao published the list of donors and the amount. Ming Pao also organized a motorcade to send food to mainland compatriots continuously.