TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1988
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COMMISSIONER FOR POLICE LEAVES FOR CHINA
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, WILL DISCUSS WITH THE AUTHORITIES IN PEKING AND CANTON THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING TO HONG KONG.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT WHEN HE DEPARTED FOR A 10- DAY VISIT TO CHINA TODAY (TUESDAY), MR ANNING SAID: "I AM SURE OUR COLLEAGUES IN CHINA WILL BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE PROBLEM AND WILL DO WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP US.
"BUT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE LATEST STATISTICS AND THE LATEST TRENDS IN THE ARRIVAL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND SEEK THEIR CO-OPERATION IN HELPING US TO STEM THE TIDE WE ARE HAVING AT THE MOMENT.
MR ANNING POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF VISITS THAT HONG KONG POLICE HAD MADE TO CHINA UNDER AEGIS OF THE INTERPOL SYSTEM.
1985, AND OF COURSE OUR KONG AS WELL EACH
"WE HAVE BEEN PAYING VISITS SINCE COUNTERPARTS FROM PEKING AND CANTON VISIT HONG
YEAR,
MR ANNING SAID.
"IT IS REALLY QUITE A ROUTINE VISIT.
"WE DISCUSS ONGOING MATTERS OF INTEREST TO BOTH OF US."
ON SUBJECTS ΤΟ BE RAISED, MR ANNING SAID: "WE DISCUSS CO-OPERATION AND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN US, MEANS BY WHICH WE CAN HELP BACH OTHER AND THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE.
"WE WILL CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING FIREARMS, BUTTERFLY PISTOLS, THIS SORT OF THINGS.'
MR ANNING SAID IN PEKING HE WOULD MEET, AMONG OTHERS, THE VICE MINISTER FROM THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU, MR YU LEI; THE CITY'S VICE MAYOR, MR SU ZHONG-XIANG; AND HEAD OF INTERPOL IN CHINA, MR LIU WEN.
HIS PERSONAL
MR ANNING IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR (CRIME), MR PETER LEE; STAFF OFFICER, INTERPOL, MR JOHN (HUNG; AND ASSISTANT, MR RYAN LAI.
THE GROUP WILL VISIT PEKING, HANGZHOU, GUILIN AND CANTON
BEFORF RETURNING TO HONG KONG ON MAY 19.
DURING HIS ABSENCE, MR LI KWAN-HA WILL BE ACTING
OF POLICE.
COMMISSIONER
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