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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992
"OUR LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE POINT WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE FOOLISH ENOUGH OTHERWISE IS ONLY CHEATING HIMSELF,
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THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT APART FROM CONTINUOUS CHECKS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO LET-UP IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EFFORTS AT THE BORDER.
"A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY FORCES BOTH AT THE LAND AND SEA HE SAID.
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DURING THE JOINT OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN AT 5 AM YESTERDAY ENDED AT 5 AM TODAY, THE POLICE HAD STEPPED UP THEIR IDENTIFICATION SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND CARRIED OUT CHECKS AT SUSPICIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
AS A RESULT, 124 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE ARRESTED AND 1,326 VEHICLES STOPPED FOR IDENTIFICATION CHECKS.
ON THE LABOUR FRONT, INSPECTORS OF THE LA BOUR DEPARTMENT VISITED 2,718 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO MIGHT BE WORKING, AND TO CHECK THAT EMPLOYERS FULFILED THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
A TOTAL OF 10,178 EMPLOYEES HAD THEIR PROOF OF IDENTITY CHECKED DURING THE OPERATION.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD BE FINED UP TO $50,000 AND JAILED FOR UP TO A YEAR IF THEY WERE FOUND TO BE EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
LO WU TERMINAL TO BE ENLARGED AND MODIFIED
THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPROVED CONTRACTORS ON THE PUBLIC WORKS LISTS TO APPLY FOR THE PREQUALIFICATION OF TENDERERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW EXTENSION AND MODIFICATIONS ΤΟ THE EXISTING TERMINAL BUILDING AT LO WU,
COSTING ABOUT $205 MILLION, THIS IS THE SECOND CONTRACT OF THE LO WU TERMINAL STAGE III EXTENSION PROJECT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) SAID THE PILING AND FOUNDATION WORKS FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING WAS BEING CARRIED OUT UNDER THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT.
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WORKS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL START AS SOON AS FOUNDATION WORK IS COMPLETED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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