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IN CLOSE ENOUGH DETAIL TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE. THE PHOTOGRAPHS DO HOWEVER SEEM TO ESTABLISH THE LOCATION, SHOWING THE INCIDENT DID TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG WATERS.
11. THE TIMING IS ESPECIALLY EMBARRASSING AS ONLY THIS MORNING THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY BRIEFED THE OMELCO SECURITY PANEL ON INCURSIONS AND SOUGHT TO REASSURE THEM THAT THINGS WERE UNDER CONTROL. SOME LEGCO MEMBERS AT THE BRIEFING CRITICISED THE HKG FOR BEING INEFFECTUAL IN THE FACE OF ARMED CHINESE INCURSIONS. THE PRESS ARE MAKING A MEAL OF THIS.
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