THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1990
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ANTI-II OPERATION IN KWUN TONG
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IMMIGRATION
AN ANTI-ILLEGAL
INVESTIGATORS CARRIED OUT IMMIGRANT OPERATION IN KWUN TONG YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY).
THEY MADE IDENTITY CHECKS ON 130 PERSONS AT 29 LOCATIONS.
DURING THE OPERATION, SEVEN OVERSTAYERS AND ONE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM CHINA WERE APPREHENDED.
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THE SEVEN OVERSTAYERS THREE FEMALES AGED 18 TO 57 AND FOUR MALES AGED 20 TO 26 ARE ALL NATIVES OF FUKIEN. THEY ARE TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS AND HAVE OVERSTAYED IN HONG KONG FOR ABOUT TWO TO SEVEN MONTHS.
THE FEMALE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, AGED 27, IS A NATIVE OF HAI FUNG AND CLAIMED TO HAVE SLIPPED INTO HONG KONG IN JANUARY LAST YEAR. HER HUSBAND, A HONG KONG RESIDENT, IS ASSISTING WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT REITERATED THAT THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
HE ALSO WARNED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BREACHED THEIR CONDITION OF STAY HERE ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND UPON CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $5,000 AND TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.
PERSONS WHO AID AND ABET PEOPLE TO COMMIT THESE OFFENCES ARK ALSO LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND PENALTY.
KWAI TSING YOUTH AMBASSADORS TO VISIT JAPAN
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FOURTEEN YOUNG PEOPLE FROM KWAI TSING DISTRICT WILL GO ON A SEVEN-DAY STUDY TOUR TO JAPAN ON TUESDAY (JULY 3).
THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS ARE WINNERS OF AN ESSAY COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE IN APRIL AND MAY THIS YEAR.
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HEADED BY THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PAUL TANG, AND A LOCAL SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR WAN HING-YUEN, THE DELEGATION WILL VISIT COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS FACTORY, AN AIRLINE COMPANY, A FLOWERS EXPOSITION, THE TOKYO BUREAU OF CITIZENS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, THE METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM AND THE HALL OF MARTIAL ARTS.
/THE REGIONAL.