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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1982
+AMNESTY+ RUMOURS CIRCULATE AGAIN
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THE RUMOUR MONGERS ARE AT IT AGAIN.
AND THIS TIME THEY HOPE TO CASH IN BY DECEIVING PEOPLE THAT THERE WILL BE AN +AMNESTY+ FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OVER THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
+ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY FOOLISH TO FALL FOR THIS ONE. + THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, REMARKED TODAY.
+THIS TIME THE SNAKEHEADS REALLY ARE STRETCHING THE IMAGINATION, BUT IT DOES INDICATE THAT THESE UNSCRUPULOUS PEOPLE WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO MAKE A PROF IT OUT OF OTHERS, REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR VICTIMS, HE SAID.
THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, WAS QUITE CLEAR. WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE COURSE WE HAVE ADOPTED SINCE THE ABOLITION OF THE REACHED BASE' POLICY IN OCTOBER 1980.
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+THIS MEANS THAT ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE RETURNED NO
NEITHER WILL THEY MATTER WHERE THEY ARE APPREHENDED IN HONG KONG. BE ISSUED WITH IDENTITY CARDS, NOR WILL THEY BE ALLOWED TO WORK HERE,+ HE STRESSED.
MR WILLIAMSON SAID THAT FAR FROM RELAXING THEIR GUARD, SECURITY FORCES AT THE BORDER, SEA APPROACHES AND THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WOULD BE MAINTAINING THEIR VIGILANCE DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD.
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WARNING ON USE OF GAS WATER HEATERS
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THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING A RENEWED APPEAL TO GAS WATER-HEATER USERS TO UPGRADE THE UNSAFE INSTALLATIONS THEY MAY NOW BE USING IN THE IR BATHROOMS.
A NEW SAFETY MESSAGE HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR TELEVISION AND RADIO, AND WILL BE BROADCAST FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE COLD SEASON TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WHEN GAS WATER-HEATERS ARE USED, BATHROOMS MUST BE WELL VENTILATED TO PREVENT THE PRODUCTION OF DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE, BY HAVING THE WINDOW OR DOOR OPEN WIDE, UNLESS THE HEATER IS ONE OF THE ROOM-SEALED TYPES.
MODELS OF THESE POTENTIALLY UNSAFE HEATERS, THE SINK (OR FLUELESS) TYPE AND THE CONVENTIONAL (OR OPEN) FLUE TYPE, WİLL BE SHOWN FOR IDENTIFICATION ON TV. VIEWERS USING THEM WILL BE URGED TO REPLACE THEM WITH ONE OF THE NEW TYPES DEVELOPED FOR HONG KONG WHICH CAN BE EASILY INSTALLED, OR IN SOME CASES TO HAVE THEM MODIFIED AND MADE SAFER.
THE GOVERNMENT'S