Mrs Booth appears to refer 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 liasion 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.
М.
Francis Maude