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Bank, we were now waiting for the Macau authorities to make an extradition request. To do so successfully they would have to produce enough evidence to satisfy the Hong Kong courts. The CS added that Hong Kong's extradition laws were in frequent use and were similar to the laws in Europe and North America. Mr Lin agreed that it was necessary to act within the law. They too had their problems. For instance, there had been difficulties in the case of handing back a person called Huang who had committed a crime in Hong Kong. But they had overcome these difficulties and sent him back.
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The CS said that there could be a meeting which would be led on the Hong Kong side by the PA and would include somebody from the Security Branch of the Secretariat and perhaps two police officers. This meeting could outline needs, constraints on both sides, and points for future discussion. It could also discuss when meetings would be required in future. Mr Lin said that he would consult Vice- Governor Wang. Mr Zeng intervened to say that he thought such a meeting would be very useful. He had talked about smuggling with the Governor in Hong Kong in January. He had been very pleased to see shortly afterwards on Hong Kong television that Hong Kong had quickly taken action in
Smuggling was still a problem. response.
The Guangdong authorities were taking further steps on their side to deal with it.
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The CS
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The CS said he thought the smuggling situation was now better. He would, however, like to ask about Sha Tau Kok. Some goods such as television sets were being taken across the border either by sampan or by road. We assumed the Chinese authorities were aware of this. Mr Zeng said this was one of the matters they were now looking into. continued by saying that we on our side had closed a number of small stalls which were selling goods very close to the border. One problem we faced was that trade as such was not unlawful in Hong Kong. When we thought that people were involved in smuggling into China and offending against China's laws, we had to use different laws to deal with this problem such as e.g. unmanifested cargo being taken out of Hong Kong. If the Chinese side had information about smuggling activities or organisations in Hong Kong it would be helpful if they would pass it on. Mr Zeng asked Mr Lin to pass on these suggestions to Vice-Governor Wang. He added that these matters could be discussed in more detail when the meeting was held.
Response to Vice-Governor Zeng's remarks
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The CS said he would like to make some general comments on what Vice-Governor Zeng had said. Guangdong's record was very good. He was impressed by achievements in light industry and agricultural production. Hong Kong, with its growing population, looked to Guangdong for an increase in the supply of agricultural products. He was also pleased
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