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1. EVEN IF THE MACAU AUTHORITIES WERE WILLING, AND WELL ENOUGH ORGANISED, TO PASS INFORMATION ABOUT BOAT DEPARTURES FROM MACAU TO THE CHINESE, WE WONDER WHETHER THEY WOULD SEE IT AS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ASK THE CHINESE TO ACT SWIFTLY TO INTERCEPT THEM AND RETURN THEM ACROSS THE LAND BORDER. A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE MIGHT BE FOR THE AUTHORITIES IN MACAU TO ALERT HKG TO DEPARTURES FROM MACAU AND FOR HKG THEN TO FEED IN THE INFORMATION AND REQUEST TO THE CHINESE. BUT GIVEN THE SHORT SAILING TIME FROM MACAU TO HONG KONG WE ARE NOT SURE THAT THIS
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2. AS TO WHETHER THE CHINESE WOULD BE PREPARED TO COOPERATE BY ACTING ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION AND REQUEST, WE SUSPECT THAT, IN PRACTICAL TERMS, THEY WOULD NOT BE PREPARED TO MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO STEM THE FLOW OF BOAT PEOPLE FROM MACAU TO HONG KONG. THEIR HANDLING OF BOAT PEOPLE WHO SAIL THROUGH CHINESE WATERS WITHOUT LANDING AT MACAU GIVES GROUNDS FOR OPTIMISM THAT THEY WOULD BEHAVE ANY DIFFERENTLY TOWARD THOSE WHO HAD LANDED IN THE
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