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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
MR BARMA SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE THE EXCELLENT RESPONSE IN THE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT CATEGORY OF THE 1990 GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY.
"NOT ONLY WERE THERE TWICE AS MANY ENTRIES AS LAST YEAR, BUT THE QUALITY OF ENTRIES WAS ALSO VERY HIGH. THE WINNERS OF CERTIFICATES OF MERIT IN THIS AWARD CATEGORY CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENT, HE SAID.
JOINT ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION MOUNTED
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A TERRITORY-WIDE
ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION JOINTLY MOUNTED BY THE POLICE, THE LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) HAS RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF 32 PERSONS.
THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT
TO FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
OF THE ARRESTED PERSONS, SIX WERE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. OF THEM, FIVE WERE CAUGHT BY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS DURING IDENTITY CHECKS AT FACTORIES AND THE OTHER ONE WAS CAUGHT BY LABOUR OFFICERS IN A SIMILAR OPERATION.
ΤΟ THE IMMIGRATION
THOSE FOUND TO
THE REMAINING 26 HAVE BEEN REFERRED DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
"OUR LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE POINT THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE FOOLISH ENOUGH ΤΟ BELIEVE OTHERWISE IS ONLY CHEATING HIMSELF, HE SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID APART FROM CONTINUOUS CHECKS THROUGHOUT TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO LET-UP IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EFFORTS THE BORDER.
A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY FORCES BOTH AT THE LAND AND HE SAID.
THE
AT
MAINTAINED BY
SEA BORDERS,
YESTERDAY AND IDENTITY SPOT
DURING THE JOINT OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN AT 5 AM ENDED THIS MORNING, THE POLICE HAD STEPPED UP THEIR CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND CARRIED OUT CHECKS AT SUSPICIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
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