WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1994
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NEW LOCAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICE IN OPERATION SOON
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE WAN CHAI AND CHAI WAN OFFICES OF THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE WILL MERGE NEXT WEEK TO PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT SERVICES TO EMPLOYERS AND JOB- SEEKERS.
SERVICE 23).
THE NEW OFFICE, WHICH HAS BEEN NAMED THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT (ISLAND BRANCH), WILL COME INTO OPERATION NEXT MONDAY (MAY
SITUATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR AT CENTRE POINT, 181-185 GLOUCESTER ROAD IN WAN CHAI, THE NEW OFFICE WILL OFFER EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ΤΟ MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND OUTLYING ISLANDS, EXCEPT SOUTHERN DISTRICT SUCH AS AREAS SOUTHWARDS OF TAI TAM HARBOUR AND WATERFALL BAY.
PUBLIC ENQUIRIES TO THE NEW OFFICE CAN BE MADE FROM MONDAY TEL 591 1316 AND 591 1318 OR BY FAX AT 591 6519 AND 591 6262.
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TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF OFFICES, THE OPERATION OF WAN CHAI AND CHAI WAN OFFICES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM NOON TO 5.30 PM ON FRIDAY
(MAY 20) AND FROM 9 AM TO NOON ON SATURDAY (MAY 21).
75 CAUGHT IN OPERATION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
A 24-HOUR OPERATION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION STARTING FROM 5 AM YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) TILL 5 AM TODAY MOUNTED BY THE POLICE AND THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF 75 PERSONS.
THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ONGOING EFFORT ΤΟ FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
THE 74 PERSONS ARRESTED BY THE POLICE HAD BEEN REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. THOSE FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.
ONE WAS ARRESTED BY IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) 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 ONESELF, HE SAID.
THAT THERE ΤΟ BELIEVE
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