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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1990
THESE INCLUDED A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAD HAPPENDED AFTER 5.50 AM, THE RELEASE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS, THE RESULTS OF THE BORDER LIAISON MEETING ON MAY 30, WHETHER THE FIVE SEAMEN HAD BEEN GIVEN CONSULAR ACCESS, THE RETURN OF THE THREE CARS AND THE FINANCIAL LOSSES ON THE RENTAL OF THE TUG AND LIGHTER.
OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNED WHETHER THE SEAMEN WERE UNDER ANY PRESSURE OR ADVICE TO CANCEL THEIR PRESS CONFERENCE UPON THEIR RETURN, AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR HONG KONG'S TERRITORIAL WATERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT BETWEEN THE SAR AND CHINA IN THE POST-1997 PERIOD.
GOVT SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE, POSITIVE ACTION * * * * * *
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE AND POSITIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION CONCERNING THE RECENT DETENTION OF TWO HONG KONG POLICEMEN AND FIVE HONG KONG SEAMEN IN CHINA IN RELATION ΤΟ THE ALLEGED SMUGGLING OF CARS ON MAY 3, THE HON HUI YIN-FAT SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION MOVED BY THE HON MARTIN LEE, MR HUI SAID HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE INCIDENT WOULD FURTHER LOWER THE CONFIDENCE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE AS TO BOTH THE HONG KONG AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENTS' ABILITY TO RUN HONG KONG PROPERLY UNTIL 1997.
HE SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND HOW CHINESE SOLDIERS AND OFFICIALS COULD BE ALLOWED TO COME AND GO FREELY IN HONG KONG WATERS AND TERRITORIES WITHOUT BEING INTERCEPTED AND CHARGED
ACCORDINGLY.
MR HUI SAID THE INCIDENT HAD ALSO REVEALED THAT SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA HAD BEEN VERY FREQUENT AND EXTENSIVE, BUT THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WAS RELUCTANT OR UNDECIDED TO DEAL WITH THEM SQUARELY UNTIL THE ERUPTION OF THE CURRENT INCIDENT.
"THE ANTI-SMUGGLING MEASURES INTRODUCED RECENTLY BY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAVE PROVED TO BE LESS THAN EFFECTIVE AS EVIDENCED BY THE MARINE POLICE CASUALTIES WHEN INTERCEPTING A SUSPECTED SPEEDBOAT DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, HE SAID.
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