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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987
COUNTERFEITING SYNDICATES NEUTRALISED
THE COMMERCIAL CRIME BUREAU OTHER OF WELL SECRETARY, THE HON
THE SPECIAL DIVISION OF
COUNTERFEIT BANKNOTES AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF
HAD SUCCESSFULLY NEUTRALISED A NUMBER SECURE DOCUMENTS
YEAR, THE FINANCIAL ORGANISED SYNDICATES LAST PIERS JACOBS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HELMUT SOHMEN ON MEASURES BANKNOTES, IN BOTH HONG TAKEN TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF COUNTERFEIT KONG
MR JACOBS SAID
PERSONS FIVE
AND BANKNOTES CONVICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO MANUFACTURE HK$1,000 SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT EACH IN JULY THIS YEAR.
CURRENCIES, AND FOREIGN
WERE
WERE
THE HE ALSO NOTED THAT
BOTH CONDUCT ENQUIRIES OF COUNTERFEIT SYNDICATES NEUTRALISED LAST YEAR.
SPECIAL DIVISION OVERT AND
COVERT
RESTRICTION ON NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS
WAS CONTINUING NATURE INTO
TO
THE
NOT PERMITTED AT
NON-SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS ARE USUALLY KAI TAK AIRPORT BETWEEN 12.30 PM AND 4.30 PM, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
DAVID LI, MR JACOBS SAID REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON THIS RESTRICTION WAS REVIEWED LAST JANUARY AND IT WAS NO CHANGE SHOULD BE MADE AT THIS STAGE.
CONCLUDED THAT
HOUSING AUTHORITY TO PLAY GREATER ROLE IN
THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY
HOUSING
PLAY IN
STRATEGY
THE
IS
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL HAVE AN EVEN GREATER ROLE TO YEARS AHEAD ONCE THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW LONG-TERM IMPLEMENTED.
THIS WAS STATED BY MR JOHN TODD IN THE CHAIRMAN'S THE 1986-87 HOUSING AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT TABLED AT THE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.
REVIEW
CHAPTER OF LEGISLATIVE
THE LAST FINANCIAL
YEAR,
REVIEWING THE WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AUTHORITY AND ITS EXECUTIVE MR TODD ARM, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, IN POINTED OUT THAT CONSIDERABLE AND SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WAS ACHIEVED ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
THESE INCLUDED