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SE CRE TARY FOR SECURITY : Sir, each side must, of course,
follow its own procedures for these matters, whether they
are customs or whether they are immigration.
It might in
future years be possible to streamline this somewhat but
at the moment it is not possible. It is a a matter which
the joint working group does consider to see what can be
done to speed things up.
And as I have indicated
shall, of course, be
earlier, I shall,
referring this question
and the supplementaries that have been raised to the joint
working group.
MR. CHEONG : Sir,
Sir, I am glad that the Secretary is going to
refer this
this particular matter to the joint working group
but in respect of the first supplementary question that I
asked, may
may I respectfully suggest that he should contact
the Secretary for Transport, and work out some sort of a
study to see whether extension would alleviate traffic
congestion inside Hong Kong?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY : I am sure that the Secretary for
Transport and
that, Sir.
I
will be able to work something out on