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SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1988
STILL "UNFORTUNATELY ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DO MUCH TO THE PRESENT SYSTEM A BUFFER ZONE."
RISING AND
IT'S
-
WE MUST
HAVE
IS
SHA TAU KOK WHERE CROSSING ACROSS CHUNG YING STREET, FROM SHENZHEN
AT THE PICTURE IS DIFFERENT
BORDER PERMITTED AT THE STRAIGHT INTO HONG KONG.
A
MINI-HONG KONG
THE
EASIER
FOR POLICE
TO
THE
"IT'S GETTING MORE DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. WITH SHENZHEN GETTING MORE LIKE DRESS OF THE PEOPLE IS VERY SIMILAR. BUT IT'S SPOT STRANGERS THAN THE ARMY BECAUSE THE CONSTABLES CAN RECOGNISE DIFFERENT DIALECT.
"I DON'T THINK ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WILL REDUCE. I CAN ONLY IT INCREASING.'
SEE
A TOTAL OF 27,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS LAST YEAR AND REPATRIATIONS TAKE PLACE AT 3 PM EVERY AFTERNOON.
WERE
то RETURNED
CHINA
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DIFFICULT
WE LIKE TO THINK THAT WE CATCH 75 PER CENT BUT IT'S TO FIGURE IT OUT. THOSE WHO CLIMB THE FENCE FIND IT QUITE AN OBSTACLE, BUT IT CAN BE DONE IN 14 SECONDS. WE'RE MORE TECHNICAL AIDS."
GETTING
STRONGER
WIRE
ABOUT 5,000 SHOPPERS THRONG INTO SHA TAU KOK LEGALLY DAILY BOME OF THÊM TOO ATTEMPT TO STAY.
AND
AND
H
MAJOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND SMUGGLING ARE TWO THE GROWING FRIENDLY CONTACTS BETWEEN AUTHORITIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER. REGULAR CONTACT OVER MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST.
QUESTIONS IN AND FRONTIER DISTRICT
THE TWO SIDES ARE IN
AND 9,500 "THERE WERK 22 MILLION CROSSINGS AT LO WU LAST YEAR
DAY. OBVIOUSLY IT'S LORRIES EITHER GOING INTO OR OUT OF CHINA EVERY DIFFICULT TO CHECK ON THEM ALL..
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OTHERS
IN CHINA AND SOME HAVE CROSS
HOMES WITH TOLERATED BORDER CROSSERS, FARMERS FIELDS IN HONG KONG, ARE A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF PROBLEMS AS
AND ARE NOW CHASED TO BE FARMERS
"SHOPPERS" OR AGENTS. THE BORDER TO FARM OTHER PEOPLE'S LAND.
BORDER LIAISON GROUP REGULAR
CONDUCTING
THE CHIEF BORDER LIAISON OFFICER IN THR OF POLICE, CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION OFFICERS MEETINGS WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES IS A POLICE OFFICER.
A STIFF
INITIALLY IT WAS RATHER
RELATIONSHIP, RELAXED AND CO-OPERATION AND UNDERSTAND | NG HAVE GROWN INTO WORKING RELATIONSHIP, SAID MR LLOYD,
"
"THERE IS A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE ROYAL HONG THE OTHER SIDE OF THEIRS.
BUT
A
IT HAS CORDIAL
KONG POLICE ON ACCEPT
LITE BORDER. THEY WILL ACCEPT OUR WORD AND WE
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