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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992
THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
ON THE REMAINING 20 CASES, DEPARTMENT HAS LIAISED WITH THE VESSEL OPERATORS TO WORK OUT MEASURES, SUCH AS LIMITING OPERATION HOURS, TO MITIGATE THE NOISE DISTURBANCE.
ON
THE POLICE IS EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE PROVISIONS CONTROLLING NOISE
LOUDSPEAKERS EMANATING FROM MOVING VESSELS, INCLUDING THE USE OF BOARD.
DEPARTMENT
AT
ΤΟ
ON NOISE FROM VESSELS BERTHED
THE PIERS, COMMERCIAL
PROTECTION
IS EMPOWERED ENVIRONMENT
ISSUE NOISE VESSEL ABATEMENT NOTICES TO REQUIRE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY OPERATORS TO ABATE THE NOISE NUISANCE.
GROUNDS FOR REFUSED ENTRY LISTED
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THE GOVERNMENT DOES MAINTAIN A
MONITORING SYSTEM FOR
IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER HONG KONG.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN LEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"THE IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES NEED ΤΟ DECIDE WHETHER A PARTICULAR TRAVELLER IS SUBJECT TO IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND WHETHER HE OR SHE IS A BONA FIDE TRAVELLER," HE SAID.
TRAVELLERS MAY BE REFUSED ENTRY IF THEY DO NOT HAVE VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENTS. IF THEY NEED A VISA ΤΟ COME HERE, THEY MAY BE REFUSED ENTRY IF THEY ARRIVE WITHOUT ONE.
"PEOPLE WITH VALID VISAS MAY BE REFUSED ENTRY IF WE DISCOVER THAT FALSE REPRESENTATIONS WERE EMPLOYED OR MATERIAL FACTS WITHHELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING THE VISAS,' MR STRACHAN SAID.
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HE ADDED THAT PEOPLE HOLDING VALID VISAS MAY ALSO ENTRY IF A CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE THE VISAS WERE REMOVED THE BASIS OF THE TRAVELLERS' CLAIMS TO ADMISSION.
IN ADDITION, TRAVELLERS MAY ALSO BE REFUSED ENTRY OF RESTRICTED RETURNABILITY; ON MEDICAL GROUNDS; ON CRIMINAL RECORD; BECAUSE EXCLUSION WOULD BE CONDUCIVE ΤΟ GOOD; OR WHERE IT IS LIKELY THAT A TRAVELLER WILL BECOME A HONG KONG,
BE REFUSED ISSUED HAD
ON GROUNDS GROUNDS OF THE PUBLIC BURDEN ON
ENTER INTO
HOWEVER, HE SAID THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DID NOT DISCUSSIONS ON INDIVIDUAL CASES WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES IN HONG KONG.
THE TOTAL NUMBERS REFUSED ENTRY WERE ABOUT 42,800 IN 1989, 34,500 IN 1990, AND 26,400 IN 1991.
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