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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1991
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GOVT STATEMENT ON HK TELECOMMUNICATIONS' OFFER TO STAFF
OF THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE CO.
LTD
(WEDNESDAY) TO STAFF HONG KONG TELECOM SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY ΤΟ STAFF OF
COMMENTING ON A LETTER ISSUED YESTERDAY
AND (TELCO) INTERNATIONAL LTD (HKTI), A GOVERNMENT (THURSDAY) THAT THE OFFER OF COMMON TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT THE TWO COMPANIES IN NO WAY CONSTITUTED A MERGER OF THEIR OPERATIONS.
"STAFF
EMPLOYED BY THE TWO ENTITIES," HE SAID.
OPTING
FOR COMPANIES,
THE
TO BE PACKAGE WOULD CONTINUE NEW WHICH WOULD REMAIN SEPARATE LEGAL
KONG
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
THE SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED THAT THE HONG GROUP HAD APPROACHED THE GOVERNMENT OVER THIS MATTER.
THE
GOVERNMENT
THE HAD
ΤΟ EMPHASISED
THE MANAGEMENT OF
THROUGH ALL COMPANIES CONCERNED THE NEED TO CONSULT FULLY WITH STAFF
UNDERSTANDING AVAILABLE CHANNELS AND TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REACH AN WITH THEM OVER THE NEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
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ACTIONS BY ANTI-SMUGGLING TASK FORCE SUCCESSFUL
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TOUGH AND SUCCESSFUL ACTIONS SPEARHEADED BY THE
TASK FORCE AGAINST HIGH-POWERED SPEEDBOAT
THE SMUGGLING OF STOLEN CARS TO CHINA,
ANTI-SMUGGLING
HAVE VIRTUALLY ERADICATED
THIS WAS STATED BY MR JOHN THOMSON, POLICE SENIOR STAFF OFFICER OF THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TASK FORCE WHICH WAS FORMED IN FEBRUARY AMID GROWING PUBLIC CONCERN ON RAMPANT SEA SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES.
MR THOMSON TOLD A ROTARY CLUB (THURSDAY) THAT THE NUMBER OF
SECOND
QUARTER
OF THIS
LUXURY YEAR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RECOVERED IN HONG KONG.
IN COMPARISON, 316 LUXURY CARS FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR AND MOST OF
SMUGGLED WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN HIGH-POWERED SPEEDBOAT, HE NOTED.
TODAY
(HARBOUR) LUNCH MEETING
CARS REPORTED STOLEN IN THE 52 AND NEARLY ALL HAD BEEN
WERE REPORTED STOLEN THEM WERE NOT RECOVERED AND TO CHINA THROUGH THE USE OF
IN THE
THE AUTHORITIES,
RESULTS
WITH CO-OPERATION FROM THE WERE DRAMATIC, ACCORDING TO MR THOMSON..
CHINESE
IN
DIRECTLY
HE SAID THE TASK FORCE WAS GIVEN THE NECESSARY LEGAL MUSCLE APRIL TO COMBAT SMUGGLING, WITH ITS ENFORCEMENT TARGET AIMED AT HIGH-POWERED SPEEDBOATS BUILT FOR SMUGGLING PURPOSES.
THE TASK FORCE IS STAFFED BY OFFICERS FROM THE POLICE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, WITH MILITARY LIASION ATTACHED,
AND
AND THE OFFICERS
/THE SIGHTINGS
I