SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1983
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GOVERNOR'S COMMENTS ON CURRENCY MEASURES
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COMMENTING ON THE NEW MEASURES, AND RECALLING WHAT HE HAD SAID IN HIS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ADDRESS, THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE. SAID THAT THEY WERE THE RESULT OF THE MOST CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.
THEY REPRESENTED A FIRM EXPRESSION OF CONFIDENCE IN THE CURRENCY AND THE STRENGTH OF THE ECONOMY WHICH UNDERLIES IT- AND WERE A FURTHER EXAMPLE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO ASSURE THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY AND THE WELL-BEING OF ITS PEOPLE.
GOVERNOR VISITS VOLUNTEERS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (SATURDAY) VISITED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT WHO ARE CURRENTLY DEPLOYED FOR DUTIES AT THE BORDER.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE HONORARY COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT, DR SOLOMON BARD, AND THE VOLUNTEERS' COMMANDING OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL TIM VILLIERS, THE GOVERNOR FIRST WENT TO PAK FU SHAN TO TALK TO SOLDIERS WHO ARE CARRYING OUT ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DUTIES.
HE LATER FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO THE CREST HILL OBSERVATION POST WHERE HE MET VETERAN OFFICERS OF THE REGIMENT'S HOME GUARDS WHO ARE ON DUTY THERE.
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FROM CREST HILL, SIR EDWARD PROCEEDED TO LOWU CAMP HEAD-
AND QUARTERS OF THE REGIMENT DURING THEIR CURRENT DEPLOYMENT HAD LUNCH IN THE OFFICERS' MESS.
SINCE LAST SUNDAY (OCTOBER 9), THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT HAVE TAKEN OVER DUTIES AT THE BORDER IN AN ANNUAL EXERCISE DESIGNED TO RELIEVE THE REGULAR ARMY AND TO GIVE THE VOLUNTEERS MORE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.
DURING THE WEEK, SOME 600 SOLDIERS OF THE REGIMENT, INCLUDING 18 NEWLY RECRUITED WOMEN SOLDIERS, HAVE BEEN MOUNTING PATROLS, MANNING OBSERVATION POSTS AND LAYING AMBUSHES FOR ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
UP TO THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING, THEY HAVE ARRESTED 27 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND TWO SUSPECTED AIDERS AND ABETTORS.
THE VOLUNTEERS WILL HAND BACK BORDER DUTIES TO THE REGULAR ARMY TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
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