MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1983
HK OFFICIALS TO VISIT GUANGDONG
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A TEAM OF HONG KONG OFFICIALS LED BY THE POLITICAL ADVISER AND INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, AND THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY (OPERATIONS), WILL BE VISITING GUANGDONG ON JANUARY 25 AND 26 FOR TALKS WITH GUANGDONG OFFICIALS LED BY MR ZHANG JIANNAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE GUANGDONG PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU,
THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WILL BE TO REVIEW THE WORK OF THE BORDER LIAISON OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE TWO SIDES TO FACILITATE COOPERATION ON CERTAIN PRACTICAL CROSS-BORDER QUESTIONS.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF BORDER LIAISON OFFICERS WERE AGREED DURING A MEETING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG OFFICIALS IN MAY 1981. SINCE THEN, THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR BORDER LIAISON HAVE WORKED WELL. TWO REVIEW MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD, IN NOVEMBER 1981 AND IN JUNE 1982. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD OF THESE REGULAR REVIEW MEETINGS.
SUBJECTS LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED DURING THE MEETING WILL INCLUDE COUNTER-MEASURES AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, AND THE REGULAR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO POLICE, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS MATTERS.
LAST MONTH WAS THIRD DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD
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MINIMAL RAINFALL MADE LAST MONTH THE THIRD DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD, ACCORDING TO THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S MONTHLY REVIEW JUST PUBLISHED.
BECAUSE OF ROUGH WEATHER, THREE VESSELS CAPSIZED IN HONG KONG WATERS ON DECEMBER 26, RESULTING IN EIGHT PEOPLE BEING DROWNED.
IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT A COLD SPELL LAST MONTH CLAIMED THREE LIVES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DURING ANOTHER COLD SPELL HOAR FROST WAS REPORTED ON TAI MO SHAN AND IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE REVIEW SAID THE MONTH WAS COOLER THAN NORMAL AND ONLY
A TRACE OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED.
THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY FINE, APART FROM CLOUDY PERIODS ON THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH. THEN EASTERLY WINDS FRESHENED EARLY ON DECEMBER 4 AND THE WEATHER BECAME CLOUDY.
/A COLD