SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1985
LEE SHEK-LUNG (3B), A CLEANER, FOUND A LARGE QUANTITY OF GOLD ORNAMENTS IN A CANVAS BAG IN A REFUSE COLLECTION ROOM IN YAU TONG ESTATE ON MAY 31, 1984. HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO KWUN TONG POLICE STATION AND, AS A RESULT OF A POLICE AMBUSH, ONE MAN WAS ARRESTED. THE GOLD ORNAMENTS WERE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN STOLEN IN A GOLDSMITH SHOP ROBBERY WHICH OCCURRED IN KWUN TONG EARLIER THAT DAY.
THE ARRESTED MAN WAS CONVICTED OF ROBBERY AND SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.
IN THE SIXTH CASE, MR LI CHI-SANG(23), A POLICE INTERPRETER SAW SOMEONE BREAKING INTO A NEIGHBOUR'S FLAT ON CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND ON OCTOBER 26, 1984. HE IMMEDIATELY TELEPHONED THE POLICE BUT, BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF EXACTLY PIN-POINTING THE LOCATION, HE RUSHED TO THE POLICE STATION AND LED OFFICERS TO THE SCENE.
TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED AND WERE FOUND TO BE CONNECTED WITH 16 CASES OF BURGLARIES AND SEVEN OTHER RELATED OFFENCES. THEIR CASE HAS STILL TO BE DEALT WITH BY THE DISTRICT COURT.
THE AWARDEES IN THREE CASES EACH RECEIVED A CASH AWARD OF $10,000 GIVEN BY THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IN THE OTHER THREE CASES WITH MORE THAN ONE AWARDEE, RECIPIENTS SHARED A COLLECTIVE AWARD OF $10,000.
THE 11 AWARDEES WERE ALSO GIVEN A GOLDEN WHISTLE AWARD BY THE ASIA TELEVISION LIMITED WHICH IS AN CO-ORGANISER OF THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS WERE THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE MR ROY HENRY! THE CHAIRMAN OF HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR JACK TANG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF ATV, MR DEACON CHIU.
SOME 60 MEMBERS OF THE YIP'S CHILDREN'S CHOIR PERFORMED AT THE CEREMONY.
TEXTILE REPORTS LARGELY ACCURATE'
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THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, TODAY (SATURDAY) COMMENTED ON PRESS REPORTS THAT FINAL REGULATIONS ON THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ISSUE WOULD SHORTLY BE ISSUED BY THE USA, AND THAT THEY DIFFER ONLY SLIGHTLY FROM THE INTERIM REGULATIONS AGAINST WHICH HONG KONG AND MANY OTHERS HAD BEEN PROTESTING.
+WHILST MORE DETAILED AND CONSIDERED COMMENT MUST AWAIT RECEIPT OF THE WORDING OF THE FINAL REGULATIONS, FROM OUR SOURCES WE BELIEVE THE REPORTS TO BE LARGELY ACCURATE. NATURALLY IF IT IS INDEED THE CASE THAT NO CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE IN THE RULES CONCERNING KNITWEAR, WE SHALL BE BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED. WE SHALL BE CONSULTING THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE DETAILS, +
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