Mrs Booth appears to be referring in paragraph 3 of her
letter to an incident which took place on 3/4 May. This incident was resolved by a border liaison meeting between the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities at which both sides exchanged views on improving cooperation and resources to curb smuggling between Guangdong and Hong Kong. Both
sides stressed that further liaison would help to curb smuggling activities and contribute to the peace and good
order of the Hong Kong/Guangdong border. Mrs Booth may
also be interested to hear that Hong Kong's controls to
counter smuggling have recently been strengthened. These include restrictions on the engine capacity of speed boats
with outboard motors which can be used in Hong Kong waters
and licensing conditions which mean that they may only be
used between sunrise and sunset.
Сии
نال
Francis Maude
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