TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1988
NO QUESTION OF PARDON FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: GOVERNOR
THAT
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION OF A PARDON FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
SIR DAVID SAID THE RECENT POLICE ACTION WAS TO TRY то DEAL WITH THE QUESTION OF SYNDICATED IMPORTATION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
"WHAT WE'RE FACING AT THE MOMENT IS A LARGE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING INTO HONG KONG WITH AN ARREST RATE OF ABOUT 100 A DAY, WHICH IS VERY HIGH, HE SAID.
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"WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO DO IS ΤΟ GET AT THOSE WHO ARE SYNDICATING THE ARRIVAL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO WORK, FOR INSTANCE, ON CONSTRUCTION SITES, AND THAT'S WHY THOSE PROSECUTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT, TO TRY TO DEAL WITH CASES WHERE THERE ARK A LARGE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BEING BROUGHT IN, HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A FAMILIARISATION VISIT TO THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
ASKED WHY HE POSTPONED HIS VISIT TO CHINA PLANNED FOR LATER THIS MONTH, SIR DAVID EXPLAINED THAT A NUMBER OF MATTERS HAD EMERGED WHICH WOULD REQUIRE HIM TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE FORTHCOMING VISIT BY THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE.
"AFTER DISCUSSING IT WITH THE PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES, I CONCLUDED THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO POSTPONE THE VISIT UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR, AND CARRY OUT A FULL VISIT AS I'D ORIGINALLY PLANNED, RATHER THAN TO SHORTEN IT ON THIS OCCASION, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD HOPED TO VISIT CHINA IN SEPTEMBER, BUT NO DATES HAD BEEN FIXED.
ON THE SEPARATE VISITS TO HONG KONG IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BY CHINESE VICE PREMIER, MR TIAN JIYUN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, MR JI PENGFEI, AND THE MAYOR OF SHENZHEN, MR LI HAO, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS WITH THEM ANYTHING OF INTEREST FOR THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA.
"I'M VERY PLEASED THAT A SENIOR CHINESE LEADER (MR TIAN) OF HIS STATURE IS COMING TO HONG KONG, AND THAT HE'LL HAVE A CHANCE, OVER SEVERAL DAYS, TO SEE HONG KONG FOR HIMSELF, SIR DAVID SAID.
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"I HOPE