FRIDAY
NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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JUNE 19, 1987
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (FRIDAY) REAFFIRMED THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY FOR DEALING WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WHEN HE VISITED ARMY UNITS ON THE BORDER TO SEE HOW THEY PERFORM ANTI- II DUTIES.
"THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: THE GOVERNMENT WILL STICK FIRMLY TO ITS POLICY OF SENDING BACK ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS," HE SAID.
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"WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF
THIS POLICY,' SIR DAVID STRESSED. "THOSE WHO WISH TO COME AND LIVE IN HONG KONG MUST COME LEGALLY.
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SIR DAVID WAS VISITING AN ARMY PLATOON BASE IN PAK FU SHAN.
"I AM VERY IMPRESSED BY THE ENORMOUS EFFORTS MADE BY THE BRITISH FORCES IN ENFORCING OUR ANTI-II POLICY ALONG THE BORDER, HE SAID, "THIS WORK IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IF WE ARE TO KEEP THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROBLEM UNDER CONTROL IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
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SIR DAVID FLEW TO PAK FU SHAN BY HELICOPTER FROM SHEK KONG, WHERE HE VISITED THE 28 SQUADRON OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE 48 GURKHA INFANTRY BRIGADE.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY COMMANDER OF THE 48 GIB, BRIGADIER RAY PETT, WHO BRIEFED HIM ON THE LATEST ANTI-II SITUATION.
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HE WAS TOLD THAT THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED PER DAY THIS YEAR WAS 67 42.5 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. A TOTAL OF 7,807 WERE ARRESTED ON THE LAND BORDER SO FAR THIS YEAR.
DURING HIS VISIT TO THE PLATOON BASE, SIR DAVID WAS SHOWN THE SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY USED TO DETECT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ON THE BORDER, INCLUDING A THERMAL IMAGER, AN IMAGER INTENSIFIER AND THE FENCE PROTECTION SYSTEM, AN ALARM SYSTEM WHICH CAN IDENTIFY THE EXACT SPOT WHERE AN ATTEMPT IS BEING MADE TO CUT THE
FENCE OR CLIMB OVER IT.
HE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON HOW ARMY PATROL TEAMS AND QUICK REACTION FORCES WORK TOGETHER WITH ARMY DOGS AND NITESUN-EQUIPPED HELICOPTERS IN ROUNDING UP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
BEFORE FLYING BACK TO HMS TAMAR BY HELICOPTER, SIR DAVID TOURED THE BORDER ROAD BETWEEN PAK FU SHAN AND SHA TAU кок. HE STOPPED AT SEREVAL STRATEGIC POINTS AND OBSERVATION POSTS EN ROUTE WHERE HE SPOKE TO SOLIDERS ON DUTY AND TRIED OUT THEIR EQUIPMENT.
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