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TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1992
POLICE MADE SECOND LARGEST SEIZURE OF HEROIN IN HK
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, TODAY (TUESDAY) PRAISED OFFICERS OF THE NARCOTICS BURRAU FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK FOLLOWING THE SEIZURE OF HEROIN WORTH $171 MILLION--THE SECOND LARGEST SEIZURE OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG,
THE 396 KILOGRAMMES OF HEROIN IS ALSO THE FIFTH LARGEST SUCH SEIZURE IN THE WORLD.
MR LI ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MR EDDIE HUI KI-ON AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CRIME, MR TSANG YAM-PUI, VISITED THE OFFICERS AND COMMENDED THEM FOR A GOOD JOB DONE.
THREE MEN, AGED BETWEEN 22 AND 38, ONE OF THEM BELIEVED ΤΟ BE THE OPERATIONS HEAD AND TWO COURIERS, WERE ALSO ARRESTED.
THE OPERATION STARTED TWO YEARS AGO IN 1989 INTO A SYNDICATE ENGAGED IN IMPORTING LARGE QUANTITIES OF HEROIN BY SEA FROM THAILAND.
AFTER EXTENSIVE SURVEILLANCE IN BOTH THAILAND AND HONG KONG, AN OPERATION WAS MOUNTED SHORTLY AFTER 3 AM THIS (TUESDAY} MORNING WITH THE INTERCEPTION OF A VAN IN TIN WAN PRAYA, ABERDEEN.
A TOTAL OF 396 KILOGRAMMES OF HEROIN WERE SEIZED TOGETHER WITH TWO VEHICLES BELIEVED TO BE USED AS ESCORT.
POLICE ALSO FOUND AN ABANDONED SAMPAN WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED TO FERRY THE DRUGS FROM A FISHING VESSEL TO THE SHORE.
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ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, ON SEEING THE POLICE JUMPED INTO THE WHILE THE TWO TRIED ΤΟ ESCAPE ON FOOT BUT ALL WERE EVENTUALLY ARRESTED.
POLICE ENQUIRIES ARE CONTINUING.
CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT 1992
SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS WILL BE GIVEN A PAY RISE OF 11:17 PER CENT, AND THEIR JUNIOR COUNTERPARTS WILL RECEIVE 11.60 PER CENT, BACKDATED TO APRIL 1, 1992.
THIS LEVEL OF ADJUSTMENT WAS DECIDED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TODAY (TUESDAY) AFTER CONSIDERING THE COUNTER-PROPOSALS MADE BY STAFF REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THE CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT.
IN ANNOUNCING THE DECISION, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID: "THE 11.17 PER CENT, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN TO CIVIL SERVANTS CURRENTLY EARNING $25,566 OR MORE PER MONTH, CORRESPONDS WITH THE AVERAGE INCREASE IN SALARIES OVER THE PAST YEAR FOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES WITH SIMILAR SALARIES.
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