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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1992
IT WAS ALSO THE SECOND LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WITH A DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 6.1 DEGREES CELSIUS, DECEMBER 28 WAS THE EIGHTH COLDEST DAY ON RECORD AND THE SECOND COLDEST DAY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
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ICE AND FROST WERE OBSERVED ON HIGH GROUND ON DECEMBER 28. AND
DURING THE COLD SPELL, DAMAGE TERRITORIES WAS NOT SERIOUS.
CENT
TO CROPS IN THE NEW
THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL OF 11.8 MILLIMETRES WAS 57 PER THE DECEMBER NORMAL OF 27.3 MILLIMETRES.
IMMIGRATION ARREST IIS AND OVERSTAYERS
FROM
STAY
IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED TWO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CHINA AND 20 TWO-WAY PERMIT VISITORS FOR BREACH OF CONDITION OF DURING A 24-HOUR TERRITORY-WIDE OPERATION WHICH STARTED AT 9.30 AM YESTERDAY (JANUARY 21).
EIGHTEEN RESIDENTIAL FLATS. AND 10 BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDING FACTORIES, RESTAURANTS AND FOOD-STALLS WERE VISITED. IMMIGRATION OFFICERS ALSO CONDUCTED IDENTITY CHECKS ON 225 PERSONS.
THE TWO FEMALE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, AGED 18 AND GUANGDONG. THEY WERE ARRESTED INSIDE THE KITCHEN OF A STANLEY. THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE SNEAKED INTO HONG KONG A AND MANAGED TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AS CASUAL WORKERS THERE.
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THE GROUP OF 20 TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS COMPRISES 15 FEMALES AND FIVE MEN AGED BETWEEN 20 AND 67. AMONG THEM, EIGHT WERE INTERCEPTED AT PLACES OF WORK AND FOUR OF THEM WERE ALSO FOUND ΤΟ HAVE OVERSTAYED IN HONG KONG. THEY ADMITTED TO HAVE TAKEN UP UNAPPROVED EMPLOYMENT.
THE REST OF THE 12 VISITORS ARE OVERSTAYERS AND WERE LOCATED AT A NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL FLATS.
FOUR HONG KONG RESIDENTS ARE ASSISTING WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT REITERATED THAT THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY GRANTED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
HE REMINDED THAT VISITORS MUST LEAVE HONG KONG WITHIN THEIR LIMIT OF STAY IMPOSED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. ALSO, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE UP ANY EMPLOYMENT, WHETHER PAID OR UNPAID, WITHOUT THE PERMISSION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF. IMMIGRATION.
/HE SAID
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