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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1985
MR MACLEOD SAID HONG KONG WAS NOT PRECLUDED FROM GOING BACK TO THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY EVEN IF WE HAVEN'T HAD THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS. WE ARE NOT PRECLUDED FROM DOING THAT BECAUSE NO ANSWER IS NO ANSWER, THEY HAVE NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM.+
CAUTIONING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MISINTERPRETATION, THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT ONE NEWSPAPER REPORT QUOTED SOME AMÉRICAN SOURCES AS SAYING THAT HONG KONG DID NOT MAKE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS. *WE DID MAKE SPECIFIC +THAT IS NOT TRUE, MR MACLEOD EMPHASISED, PROPOSALS.+
CUSTOMS SMASH ADULTERATED LIQUOR CENTRE
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OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION BUREAU HAVE SMASHED A SUSPECTED MANUFACTURING CENTRE OF ADULTERATED LIQUOR AND ARRESTED 23 MEN AND A WOMAN IN A SERIES OF RAIDS.
THREE OF THEM, INCLUDING THE WOMAN, HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DUTIABLE GOODS, DEALING IN ADULTERATED LIQUOR AND MANUFACTURING ADULTERATED LIQUOR. THEY APPEARED IN NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY THIS MORNING AND WERE EACH ALLOWED BAIL OF $12 000.
THE REST HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON POLICE BAIL PENDING FURTHER ENQUIRIES.
AFTER A PERIOD OF SURVEILLANCE, OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION BUREAU AND TEAMS OF THE CUSTOMS REGIONAL COMMANDS BEGAN TERRITORY-WIDE SEARCHES OF PROVISION STORES AND RETAIL OUTLETS ON FEBRUARY 7.
AT DAWN ON FEBRUARY 7, FOUR TEAMS LED BY SENIOR INSPECTOR LAWRENCE WONG CARRIED OUT RAIDS ON A DOMESTIC FLAT IN MONG KOK, WHICH WAS SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN USED AS A MANUFACTURING CENTRÉ OF ADULTERATED LIQUOR, TWO SUPERMARKETS IN SHAM SHUI PO AND TSUEN WAN - SUSPECTED TO BE SALES OUTLETS - AND A FACTORY UNIT IN AN
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN KWAI CHUNG WHICH WAS USED AS A STORAGE PLACE.
YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) CUSTOMS OFFICERS RAIDED A BIG PROVISION STORE AND FIVE OTHER RESIDENTIAL PREMISES IN MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO AND TSUEN WAN.
OTHER SEIZURES INCLUDED 1 100 CAPSULES, 1 703 EMPTY BOTTLES, 1 500 EMPTY BOXES, 113.75 LITRES OF ETHYL ALCOHOL, EIGHT LITRES OF COLOURING SUBSTANCE, A SET OF MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING CAPSULES.
THE TERRITORY-WIDE