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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987
"IT IS A VERY EFFICIENT OPERATION, VERY FEW ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GET THROUGH THE BORDER OR THE MARINE POLICE. NEARLY ALL OF THOSE WHO DO GET THROUGH ARE THEN PICKED UP AND SENT BACK, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT HONG KONG HAD VERY CLOSE LIAISON WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES OVER THE II SITUATION THROUGH THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN CARTER, SIR DAVID EARLIER SAW YOUNG MEN BORN IN 1967 AND 1968 WAITING THEIR TURN TO BE PROCESSED FOR THE TWO TYPES OF NEW CARDS TO BE RE-ISSUED.
HE LEARNED THAT THE FOUR-AND-A-HALF-YEAR EXERCISE WOULD COST ABOUT $563.1 MILLION AND ABOUT 4.8 MILLION CARDS WOULD BE REPLACED.
MR CARTER INFORMED HIM THAT THE TWO TYPES OF NEW CARDS WOULD BE THE HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD, WHICH STATES THAT THE HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG, AND THE HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD WHICH DOES NOT STATE THAT RIGHT.
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SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP SEVENTH MEETING
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THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE
SINO-BRITISH
WILL TAKE PLACE IN LONDON FROM JULY 7 TO 10.
JOINT LIAISON GROUP
STATE
THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, MR ROBIN MCLAREN (ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY OF
(ASIA), FCO). THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE MR DONALD LIAO (SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, HONG KONG), MR DICK CLIFT (POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG), MR PETER THOMSON (COUNSELLOR, BRITISH EMBASSY, PEKING) AND MR CHRISTOPHER HUM (HEAD OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO).
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