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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1990
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FOLLOWING AN AMBUSH BY POLICE IN A CARPARK ON TSING YI ISLAND, ONE CHINESE MAN AND TWO CHINESE WOMEN WERE ARRESTED AND A GENUINE CHINESE MADE 7.62MM AUTOMATIC PISTOL WAS SEIZED TOGETHER WITH 14 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.
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POLICE IN MONG
IN THE EARLY MORNING OF SEPTEMBER KOK ARRESTED TWO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, ONE OF WHOM WAS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF A CHINESE 7.62MM AUTOMATIC PISTOL AND EIGHT ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION. THE ARRESTED PERSONS, TOGETHER WITH OTHERS, HAD RECENTLY ARRIVED IN HONG KONG.
IN THE EARLY MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 18, DURING A RAID IN SAU MAU PING, CUSTOMS OFFICERS ARRESTED TWO MEN FOR POSSESSION OF 2.5 KILOGRAMS OF NO. 4 HEROIN AND SEIZED AN 7.62 MM AUTOMATIC PISTOL AND SIX ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, SAID POLICE ACTION TO DETECT AND THWART GANG ACTIVITY HAD BEEN STEPPED UP AND CONTINUE.
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NEW MEASURES AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROPOSED
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO INTRODUCE NEW LEGISLATION WHICH MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA TO EMPLOYMENT IN HONG KONG, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR STRACHAN, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING,
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LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE WOULD LE MADE TO CREATE A NEW OFFENCE FOR A MAIN CONTRACTOR ALLOWING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO BE PRESENT ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE UNDER HIS CONTROL, MR STRACHAN SAID.
ADDRESSING THE VICTORIA JAYCEES 40TH ANNIVERSARY BALL, MR STRACHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT ALSO PROPOSED THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE OFFENCE OF EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BE INCREASED.
IN ADDITION, THE FINE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOUND STAYING IN HONG KONG OR ILLEGALLY ENTERING HONG KONG WOULD BE INCREASED.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT APPRECIATED THAT THESE PROPOSALS POSED PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES FOR MAIN CONTRACTORS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES.
"SO WE INTEND TO INCLUDE A 'DUE DILIGENCE' CLAUSE IN THE REVISED LEGISLATION SUCH THAT IT SHALL BE A DEFENCE IF A DEFENDANT PROVES THAT HE HAS TAKEN ALL PRACTICABLE STEPS TO PREVENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM BEING ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE UNDER HIS CONTROL AND TO ASCERTAIN THAT ALL HIS EMPLOYEES ARE LAWFULLY EMPLOYABLE," HE SAID.
/"THE HEAVY
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