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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1988
SPECIAL ADDRESS ΤΟ THE MR LI'S ARRIVAL IN TORONTO TO MAKE A
PUBLICISED BY THE MEDIA CONFERENCE ON HONG KONG AFFAIRS WAS WIDELY WITH THE RESULT THAT FORMER HONG KONG OFFICERS WERE WELL AWARE OF VISIT.
HIS
KONG
AS A GUEST SPEAKER AT THE CONFERENCE, MR LI SPOKE ON HONG
TO ALLEGATIONS AND ITS POLICE AND THE CRIME SITUATION WITH REFERENCE
WANTING THAT THERE IS AN EXODUS TAKING PLACE FROM HONG KONG OF TRIADS TO LEAVE THE TERRITORY AS 1997 APPROACHES.
MR LI ALSO DISCUSSED HONG KONG CRIME, INCLUDING NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING.
RELATION IN
TO INTERNATIONAL
HONG KONG CRIME SCENE INTO
HIS PRESENTATION IN PUTTING THE PERSPECTIVE WAS WELL RECEIVED BY DELEGATES.
SPECULATION
THAT
LARGE NUMBERS
"I COUNTERED CRIMINALS ARE LEAVING HONG KONG BECAUSE OF THE APPROACH OF LI SAID, "HONG KONG IS NOT EXPORTING CRIMINALS."
OF
WEALTHY 1997," MR
MR LI DESCRIBED THE ALLEGATIONS AS MAINLY MEDIA SPECULATION.
WAS THE RESULT OF STABLE THE WEALTH OF HONG KONG, HE SAID,
TAXATION, GOVERNMENT,
A FREE
ALLOWED TRADE POLICY WHICH
HARD WORK OF HONG DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITION AND THE INDUSTRY AND
MO'I
KONG PEOPLE.
."THE NUMBER OF CRIMINALS
LI SAID.
PROPORTIONATELY
IS NEGLIGIBLE, MR
AND CLOSE
"STRINGENT PRE-EMIGRATION VETTING BY HOST COUNTRIES
OF HONG KONG POLICE PREVENTS CO-OPERATION WITH THE LIAISON OFFICE CRIMINALS FROM EVEN LEAVING HONG KONG IN THE FIRST PLACE."
THE RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS GATHERED TO HOST A DINNER PARTY MR LI'S HONOUR AT A RESTAURANT IN TORONTO'S CHINATOWN.
IN
IN 1967; MR
THE
FORCE IN
ΤΟ
AMONG THOSE HE MET WERE MR WONG CHOY, WHO RETIRED
FIRST JOINED LI WHEN HE LAM YIU, WHO SERVED WITH MR 1958; MR
A FORMER
THE GEORGE WONG,
ASSISTANT PERSONAL
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT; MR COMMISSIONER OF POLICE NOW WORKING FOR
LI SUNG, GEORGE COWLEY, NOW WITH THE TORONTO METROPOLITAN POLICE; MR
EARLY
LI KWAN-HA; COLLEAGUE OF MR
AND RECENTLY RETIRED AND AN GEORGE WANG, WHO WAS WITH MR LI AT POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL.
TAKEN UP
AND
MR
SECOND CAREERS IN LAW
FF
MR LI SAID.
WELL DOING
IN
"MANY OF THE OFFICERS HAVE ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN CANADA AND ARE DOING WELL,
CHEERFUL HEALTHY, OF THOSE PRESENT WERE ENDEAVOURS.
"
"AL THEIR
ME
TO
SEND
THEIR COMPLIMENTS
ΤΟ
FRIENDS
AND
·
THEY ASKED COLLEAGUES IN HONG KONG.
MR LI SAID PLANS WERE
BEING MADE
EX-HONG KONG POLICE OFFICERS' IN ONTARIO PROVINCE.
ASSOCIATION
FOR THE
FORMATION OF
IN TORONTO AND OTHER
AN CITIFS
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