Supplementary to Question No
In Lego Meeting on 25.11.87
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MR. CHEUNG (in Cantonese):
Sir,
now on the average, how much
time do police officers need to get the information on the
people intercepted? Also, how many computers are there in use?
SECRETARY FOR SECURTIY : sir, the time a policeman needs to
consult the computer base is a matter of one or two minutes.
There is one computer for the police
the police and another computer for
the Immigration Department.
MR. PETER C. WONG
Security said that each day 5,700 people were intercepted by
the police. May I ask, Sir, under what circumstances were they
intercepted?
: Sir, in his reply, the Secretary for
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY : They were intercepted, Sir, because
the police had suspicions that they were people who were wanted
by the police for offences.