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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1989
OVERALL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ACTION HAD DECREASED MARGINALLY 0.6 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, HE SAID.
THERE HAD ALSO BEEN DECREASES IN CARELESS DRIVING 7.3 PER CENT) AND TAXI STAND OFFENCES (DOWN 48 PER CENT).
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CASES I DOWN
IN
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FOR
MR CHING SAID WITH THE ADDITION OF 1.551 MORE PERSONS THIRD QUARTER THERE WERE NOW 11.133 PERSONS AWAITING COURT ORDERS
MORE POINTS UNDER THE ROAD DISQUALIFICATION HAVING INCURRED 15 OR TRAFFIC (DRIVING OFFENCE POINTS) SYSTEM.
NO LET UP IN POLICE EFFORTS AGAINST II'S
POLICE REITERATED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THERE WOULD BE
NO LET
UP IN THEIR EFFORTS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
GIVING THE ASSERTION, THE POLICE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. MR BRIAN WIGLEY. ALSO WARNED THAT IT WAS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO EMPLOY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THAT POLICE WOULD SPARE NO EFFORT IN BRINGING OFFENDERS TO JUSTICE.
MR WIGLEY MADE THESE STATEMENTS FOLLOWING THE ARRESTS OF 55 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND EVADERS FROM CHINA IN A TERRITORY-WIDE ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION CONDUCTED YESTERDAY.
"THESE ARRESTED PEOPLE WILL BE REPATRIATED TO CHINA WITHIN A FEW DAYS AFTER POLICE HAVE CHECKED WHETHER THEY HAVE COMMITTED ANY CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN HONG KONG. HE NOTED.
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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POINTED OUT THAT POLICE CARRIED OUT SIMILAR TERRITORY-WIDE OPERATIONS AT REGULAR INTERVALS то COMPLEMENT THE ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS MOUNTED BY INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT
POLICE FORMATIONS.
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THOSE PEOPLE WHO KONG IS
то EASY
"THE AIM OF THESE OPERATIONS IS TO DETER THINK. OR HAVE BEEN TOLD. THAT EMPLOYMENT IN FIND. AND THAT ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS NOT BEING PURSUED WITH VIGOR BECAUSE OF THE LABOUR SHORTAGE. MR WIGLEY ADDED.
PARTICIPATING IN YESTERDAY'S OPERATION WERE OFFICERS FROM THE UNIFORMED BRANCH. POLICE TACTICAL UNIT. MARINE POLICE AND CRIME FORMATIONS. THE ARRESTED PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT AT
LOCATIONS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.
VARIOUS
IN THE LAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 5 AM TODAY. POLICE INTERCEPTED 62 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA-- 19 AT SEA AND 43 ON LAND,
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