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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1980
+THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE INTEREST ON THE PART OF OTHER LANDLORDS IN THIS AREA TO DEVELOP LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING WHICH MIGHT BE SUITABLE FOR THE PURPOSE MR LEUNG HAS IN MIND,
+ANY LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA MUST, HOWEVER, DEPEND ON THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER SERVICES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, HE SAID. GIVEN THE LIMITED RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THESE PURPOSES IT IS GENERALLY BETTER TO CONCENTRATE THESE ON AREAS OF HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THE NEW TOWNS.+
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DEPLOYMENT OF ROYAL NAVY AND MARINE POLICE IS SATISFACTORY
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THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND THE MARINE POLICE EVEN THOUGH A SMALL VESSEL WITH 62 VIETNAMESE ENTERED THE HARBOUR UNOBSERVED ON JANUARY 17.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR DAVIES SAID THE 50-FOOT VESSEL, WHICH APPROACHED HONG KONG FROM THE SOUTH AND PASSED THROUGH WEST LAMMA CHANNEL BEFORE DROPPING ANCHOR OFF KENNEDY TOWN, DID NOT LOOK LIKE A LOCAL VESSEL, NEITHER WAS IT DISTINCTIVELY VIETNAMESE.
+DURING THE MORNING WHEN THE VESSEL ARRIVED, HE SAID, FOUR POLICE LAUNCHES WERE OPERATING IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND THREE IN THE HARBOUR.
+TRAFFIC ENTERING AND LEAVING THE HARBOUR WAS HEAVY AND VISIBILITY WAS POOR.+
MR DAVIES ADDED THAT TWO POLICE LAUNCHES WERE ALSO ON DUTY OFF ABERDEEN HARBOUR BUT DID NOT SPOT IT, NOR WAS IT SPOTTED BY GREEN ISLAND OBSERVATION POST.
+OBVIOUSLY IT IS A MATTER OF SOME CONCERN AND REGRET THAT THE VESSEL WAS NOT INTERCEPTED, BUT DESPITE THIS INCIDENT ! AM SATISFIED THAT THE VESSELS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND THE MARINE POLICE ARE DEPLOYED TO THE BEST POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE, HE SAID.
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