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Oyster farmers in Deep Bay were grateful for the measures that had been taken to reduce the theft
of oysters in the area;
(b) discussions between liaison officers had led to
significant improvements. in the smooth flow of passengers from Lo Wu and Shenzhen railway stations. Since 17 May the opening hours at Lo Wu had been extended to 8.30 p.m. Between 17 May and 30 September some 9,000 travellers had taken advantage of these extended opening hours and between 1 October and
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30 December 160,000 passengers had done so;
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following the contact between liaison officers 38 cases involving illegal immigrant children in Hong Kong had been investigated 196 had been repatriated
to China;
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liaison officers had arranged for the issue of special permits for KCR and the Guangdong Railway Bureau personnel to go about their work on either
side of the border in the station area;
a suspect jewellery thief, LI Zhonghu had been returned to Hong Kong for interrogation;
the Guangdong authorities had been grateful to receive information about the illegal immigrant,
ZHOU Xingzhong.
Mr. McLaren agreed with all that Mr. ZHANG had said about the usefulness of contacts between liaison officers over the
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last six months. Their efficient and expeditious handling of problems as they arose was of great value to both sides. the last review meeting in June it had been agreed that liaison
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