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MONDAY, MAY 24, 1993
APART FROM
MEMBERS, MARKET
THE AC EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY THE SFC WHILE PRESIDES AT AC MEETINGS.
FROM DRAWN
A
OF ALSO CONSISTS
TWO THE CHAIRMAN OF SFC
CROSS-SECTION
THE MARKET MEMBERS ARE SECURITIES AND FUTURES INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL ADVISE THE SFC ON MATTERS OF POLICY AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT.
OF THE PERSONS то
VIZ THE HON RONALD PING-LUEN AND CHARLES
MR TAM ALSO THANKED THE OUTGOING MEMBERS, ARCULLI AND MESSRS CHAN SUN-SUN, RAYMOND KWOK SOO CHEN-JEN.
"THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SFC ARE ADMINISTRATION," MR TAM ADDED.
MUCH APPRECIATED BY
THE
JOINT OPERATION TO TRANSFER VM'S
* * * * *
THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) AND THE POLICE THIS (MONDAY) MORNING MOUNTED A JOINT OPERATION AT WHITEHEAD DETENTION 1 CENTRE TO TRANSFER SOME 400 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS (VM'S) FROM SECTION OF THE DETENTION CENTRE TO NEI KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRE (NKDC) AND CHIMAWAN DETENTION CENTRE (CDC).
THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT VM'S IN SECTION 1 WOULD HAVE TO MOVE MADE SOME TWO WEEKS AGO.
WAS
THIS CAUSED A REACTION AND AN INCREASE IN TENSION WITH CLEAR
THE INDICATIONS THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO MOVE
INHABITANTS WOULD BE WITH VIOLENT RESISTANCE. INTELLIGENCE REPORTS SUGGESTED THE TAKING HOSTAGES AND VIOLENT CONFRONTATION.
MET
OF
COUNSELLING ACTIVE AND INTENSIVE SITUATION AND THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION
BY CSD STAFF DEFUSED THE
MOVED
VOLUNTARILY
OVER
THE WEEKEND.
WITH
THE KNOWN
THE OPERATION WAS MOUNTED AT 7 AM TO DEAL AGITATORS REMAINING IN SECTION 1. NO RESISTANCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE REMAINING 370 PERSONS WERE REMOVED PEACEFULLY AND WERE TRANSFERRED TO NKDC AND CDC.
A NUMBER OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS, HOME-MADE RESPIRATORS WERE FOUND ABANDONED WITHIN SECTION 1.
SHIELDS AND
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