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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987
CALL TO WORK HARD ON THE FUTURE
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID HE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND THAT THERE WAS A DONE IN THE COMING DECADE.
HAD GREAT CONFIDENCE LOT OF WORK TO BE
"IF ALL OF US CONCERNED WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUTURE REALLY WORK OUT IN PRACTICE, 1 AM CONFIDENT THAT THAT CAN BE DONE, HE SAID.
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SIR DAVID WAS REPLYING TO QUESTIONS FROM REPORTET: THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING AFTER TOURING THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT' HONG KONG NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE IN WAN CHAI ΤΟ SEE FOR HIMSELF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE START OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NFW IDENTITY CARD RE-ISSUE SCHEME.
A LOT
"THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, OF PRACTICAL WORK, LIKE THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS MORNING," HE ADDED.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A NEW I.D. CARD AND FOUND THAT THE SYSTEM WORKED "VERY EFFICIENTLY AND EXTREMELY RAPIDLY",
"IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT TO PRODUCE NEW IDENTITY CARDS WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED RIGHT BEYOND 1997. AND IT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WITH THAT SAME RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT, AND THOSE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ALSO CAN GO BEYOND 1997, HE SAID.
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ASKED IF THE NEW IDENTITY CARD WOULD HELP PREVENT THE INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SIR DAVID STRESSED THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF NEW IDENTITY CARDS BEING GIVEN TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, AND HAVING AN EFFICIENT IDENTITY CARD WAS A VERY GOOD CHECK AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
COMMENTING ON THE RECENT INFLUX OF II'S INTO THE TERRITORY, HE POINTED OUT THAT VERY VIGOROUS MEASURES WERE BEING TAKEN TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM AND THE SITUATION HAD BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL.
"BUT IT IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM. WE HAVE ΤΟ REMAIN VERY VIGILANT BOTH ON THE BORDER, MARINE POLICE AND IN CHECKING AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BEING IN HONG KONG AND SENDING THEM BACK WHEN WE FIND THEM, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID STRESSED THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE TERRITORY SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR CHEAP WAGE RATES. HE SAID THAT REGULAR CHECKINGS
DONE BY THE POLICE ΤΟ CAPTURE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
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