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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1985
THE TERMINAL BUILDING WILL COVER AN AREA OF ABOUT HALF A HECTARE. IT WILL PROVIDE OFFICE SPACE FOR THE IMMIGRATION, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENTS. THE POLICE AS WELL AS FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION.
ON PARTIAL COMPLETION IN EARLY 1987, DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL PASSENGERS WILL BE PROCESSED ON TWO DIFFERENT FLOORS,
WITH 44 IMMIGRATION CHECK COUNTERS AT EACH OF THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE HALLS, THE STATION WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE SOME 5 000 PASSENGERS PER HOUR IN EACH DIRECTION.
THE EXISTING TEMPORARY STATION FACILITIES, WILL ALSO BE DEMOLISHED AFTER THE NEW BUILDING IS COMMISSIONED.
UNDER A PREVIOUS CONTRACT, THE FOUNDATION AND THE STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAME OF THE NEW TERMINAL BUILDING HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AT A COST OF $20 MILLION. THE PRESENT CONTRACTOR WILL TAKE OVER THE COMPLETED STEEL FRAME AND WOULD BE ABLE TO START THE STRUCTURAL AND BUILDERS WORK AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK.
NINE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED IN RAIDS ****
NINE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WERE ARRESTED IN A SERIES OF RAIDS CARRIED OUT BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IN THE PAST TWO DAYS.
THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, COMPRISING SIX MEN AND THREE WOMEN, WERE AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 40.
THE OPERATION BEGAN ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 24) WHEN A PARTY OF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS RAIDED A SCRAP PAPER BAILING FACTORY IN WESTERN DISTRICT AND ARRESTED THREE MALE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
IN FOLLOW-UP RAIDS, THEY MOVED TO ANOTHER SCRAP PAPER BAILING FACTORY IN THE SAME DISTRICT, A PREMISES IN CHOI WAN ESTATE IN KOWLOON AND A BUTCHER SHOP IN YUEN LONG AND ARRESTED THE OTHERS.
THREE OF THE NINE PERSONS ARRESTED WERE FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS RELATING TO OTHER PERSONS.
ALL NINE ARE BEING DETAINED FOR ENQUIRIES. THE IR EMPLOYERS AND SOME RELATIVES INVOLVED ARE ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED FOR SUSPECTED AIDING AND ABETTING OFFENCES.
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