TERREESDAY, JUNE 11, 1980
+THIS IS BECAUSE, ON THE ONE HAND, IT IS OFTEN SOME FORM OF SPILLAGE THAT IS INVOLVED, WHICH CAN EVAPORATE OR SOAK AWAY QUICKLY, AND SO IS NOT PICKED UP IN THE FIELD SEARCHES THAT ARE CARRIED OUT.
+AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PRESENCE OF THE ODOUR IN THE PLACE AFFECTED IS TRANSITORY, SO THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN A SAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS,
+EVEN IF IT WERE POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN A SAMPLE, THE CONCENTRATIONS INVOLVED COULD WELL BE BELOW THE DETECTION LIMITS OF THE BEST SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT.
+THE HUMAN NOSE IS GENERALLY FAR MORE SENSITIVE TO ODOURS THAN EVEN THE MOST ELABORATE SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, HE ADDED.
MR JONES SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GIVE AN ASSURANCE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO FUTURE ACCIDENTAL SPILLAGES OR SHORT PERIODS OF EMISSION OF SOME GASEOUS SUBSTANCE OR OTHER THAT WOULD GIVE RISE TO OBJECTIONABLE SMELLS.
+BUT WE HAVE LEARNT SOMETHING FROM THESE INCIDENTS AND WE HAVE IMPROVED OUR ARRANGEMENTS FOR RESPONDING TO THEM IN A MORE STRUCTURED WAY, HE SAID.
IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED TO CHINESE IMMIGRANTS ******
IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 24 908 IDENTITY CARDS WERE ISSUED TO LEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA, AND 34 518 TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON F.K. HU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR DAVIES POINTED OUT THAT THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT'S RECORDS OF IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DID NOT PROVIDE A DETAILED BREAKDOWN BY ORIGIN, BUT THE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATED THAT THOSE FROM CHINA ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 92 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL.
ON THIS BASIS IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE NUMBER OF IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA DURING THE FIVE MONTHS WAS 31 760, HE SAID.
MR DAVIES ADDED THAT LESS THAN 100 IDENTITY CARDS WERE ISSUED DURING THE PERIOD TO CHINESE IN TRANSIT FROM CHINA WHO HAD STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LONGER THAN 180 DAYS.
IDENTITY CARDS ARE NOT ISSUED TO CHINESE WHO STOP IN HONG KONG IN TRANSIT TO CHINA.
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