FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1994
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OTHER
15
PERSONS
WERE
ARRESTED
BY
IMMIGRATION
THE INVESTIGATORS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
"OUR LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE POINT WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE FOOLISH ENOUGH OTHERWISE IS ONLY CHEATING HIMSELF," HE SAID.
THAT THERE
TO BELIEVE
THE SPOKESMAN SAID APART FROM CONTINUOUS CHECKS THROUGHOUT TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO LET-UP IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EFFORTS THE BORDER.
THE
AT
MAINTAINED BY
BORDERS,
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"A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY FORCES BOTH AT THE LAND AND SEA HE SAID.
5 AM YESTERDAY DURING THE JOINT OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN AT
THE POLICE HAD STEPPED UP (THURSDAY) AND ENDED AT 5 AM THIS MORNING,
AND CARRIED OUT THEIR IDENTIFICATION SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES CHECKS AT SUSPICIOUS LOCATIONS.
AS A RESULT, A TOTAL OF 17,930 PERSONS, 2,428 VEHICLES VESSELS WERK STOPPED FOR IDENTIFICATION CHECKS.
ON
AND 402
OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FRONT, INSPECTORS THE LABOUR
IMMIGRANTS WHO VISITED 2,171 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY ILLEGAL
THEIR FULFIL EMPLOYERS MAY BE WORKING, AND TO CHECK THAT OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
A TOTAL OF 2,802 EMPLOYEES HAD THEIR PROOF OF IDENTITY DURING THE OPERATION.
LEGAL
CHECKED
TEN ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A RECORD EMPLOYEES FOR INSPECTION.
OF
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD BE FINED UP TO TO BE $250,000 AND JAILED FOR UP TO THREE YEARS IF THEY WERE FOUND EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
TWO OFFICES SUSPEND RE-ENTRY PERMIT SERVICES
* *
THAT ITS PERMIT
THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) KOWLOON OFFICE AND FANLING OFFICE WOULD SUSPEND RE-ENTRY SERVICES FROM MONDAY (FEBRUARY 21).
WEST
OTHER TYPES OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE
TWO OFFICES REMAIN
UNCHANGED.
MEMBERS
THE
THE
FOLLOWING IMMIGRATION
PUBLIC MAY VISIT OF BRANCH OFFICES FOR RE-ENTRY PERMIT SERVICES:
* HONG KONG ISLAND RE-ENTRY PERMIT AND PASSPORT ISSUING OFFICE
* EAST KOWLOON OFFICE
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