THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1985
THE PUBLIC SECURITY OFFICIALS ASKED IF WE COULD ASSIST CHINA IN THE STUDY OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ALSO IN IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES AND IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND WE AGREED THAT THIS, OF COURSE, WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ASSIST WITH AND I OFFERED SUCH ASSISTANCE IN THE SHAPE OF INVITING THEM TO COME AND EXAMINE OUR SYSTEMS OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND THE LIKE.
WE THEN MOVED TO GUANGZHOU WHERE WE HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH AGAIN PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU OFFICIALS PARTICULARLY THE DIRECTOR OF THE GUANGDONG PUBLIC SECURITY OFFICE, MR SONG_ZHIYING, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR MR LUO YUEKANG, MR ZHANG QINGPING OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DIVISION OF GUANGDONG PROVINCE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU OF GUANGZHOU ITSELF, MR SONG SHUZHONG.
THERE OUR DISCUSSIONS WERE NOT QUITE SO MUCH ON AN INTERPOL NET BUT ON A MUCH MORE PRACTICAL NET OF WHAT ONE MIGHT REFER TO AS DAY-TO-DAY LIAISON AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GUANGDONG PROVINCE AND HONG KONG.
THE SUBJECT MATTERS WERE ALMOST IDENTICAL WITH THOSE THAT WE HAD DI SCUSSED IN BEIJING BUT WE WERE ABLE IN GUANGZHOU TO GET DOWN TO A LITTLE BIT MORE PRACTICAL DETAIL SUCH AS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND REGULAR MEETINGS.
WE AGREED THAT THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF BORDER LIAISON THROUGH THE BORDER LIAISON COMMITTEE WAS IN FACT WORKING WELL AND ADVANTAGEOUS TO BOTH SIDES BUT THAT IT DEALT WITH VERY MUCH LOCAL MATERIAL WHEREAS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER LEVEL OF LI AI SON WAS REQUIRED BETWEEN OURSELVES AND GUANGZHOU ITSELF.
SO ALL IN ALL A VERY PROFITABLE SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN PROFESSIONALS AND I MUST SAY I WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY IN WHICH THEY REGARDED THE OVERALL PROBLEMS. THEY LOOKED AT IT IN EXACTLY THE SAME MANNER AS WE IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE LOOKED AT IT.
THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF AN ATMOSPHERE OF MISUNDERSTANDING. IT WAS LOOKED AT FROM BOTH POINTS OF VIEW THROUGH PROFESSIONAL POLICE EYES.
JANUARY CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) ROSE BY 3.3 PER CENT AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) BY 3.9 PER CENT BETWEEN JANUARY 1984 AND JANUARY 1985, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE ŒENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) FOR JANUARY 1985 WERE 156.5 AND 157.0 RESPECTIVELY, OR 4.9 POINTS AND 5.9 POINTS HIGHER THAN THOSE FOR JANUARY 1984. COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1984, HOWEVER, CPI(A) DECREASED BY 0,2 POINT OR 0.1 PER CENT, WHILE CPI(B) REMAINED UNCHANGED.
THE AVERAGE