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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1992
"OUR LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE POINT THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE FOOLISH ENOUGH ΤΟ BELIEVE OTHERWISE IS ONLY CHEATING HIMSELF. HE SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID APART FROM CONTINUOUS CHECKS THROUGHOUT TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO LET-UP IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EFFORTS THE BORDER.
"A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY PORCES BOTH AT THE LAND AND HE SAID.
DURING THE JOINT OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN AT 5 AM ENDED AT 5 AM TODAY, THE POLICE HAD STEPPED UP THEIR SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND CARRIED OUT CHECKS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
AS A RESULT, A TOTAL OF 8,422 PERSONS AND 1,979 STOPPED FOR IDENTIFICATION CHECKS.
ILLEGAL
THE
AT
MAINTAINED
SEA BORDERS,
BY
AND
YESTERDAY IDENTIFICATION AT SUSPICIOUS
VEHICLES WERE
ON THE LABOUR FRONT, INSPECTORS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT VISITED 2,696 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY
IMMIGRANTS WHO
MAY BE WORKING,
ΤΟ CHECK THAT EMPLOYERS FULFIL THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
AND
A TOTAL OF 10,533 EMPLOYEES HAD THEIR PROOF OF IDENTITY CHECKED DURING THE OPERATION,
TWENTY-THREE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND NOT ABLE ΤΟ PROVIDE A RECORD OF EMPLOYEES FOR INSPECTION.
COULD THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THEY
BE FINED UP TO $50,000 AND JAILED FOR UP
A YEAR IF THEY WERE FOUND TO BE EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
ΤΟ
CALL TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AT CHRISTMAS
THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES
ADMINISTRATION
CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO MAKE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO SEE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR LIGHTS.
TODAY (THURSDAY) WHEN JOURNEYING
THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MR CHRIS WAN, SAID THIS COULD HELP RASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN AREAS WITH DECORATIVE LIGHTS.
AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED ΤΟ GATHER IN CENTRAL AND TSIM SHA TSUI TO ENJOY THE FESTIVE LIGHTS, HE SAID.
"PAST EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN CHRISTMAS EVE AND THAT TSIM SHA TSUI CROWD.
THAT MOST PEOPLE GO OUT ON ATTRACTED BY FAR THE BIGGEST
"FOR SAFETY'S