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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1994
REMOVAL ORDER APPEAL CHANNELS ADEQUATE
* * * * *
OF
APPEAL AGAINST ORDERS TO ALISTAIR ASPREY,
EXIST ADEQUATE AVENUES THERE ALREADY DECISIONS OF THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION TO ISSUE REMOVAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
THE
REPLYING TO THE HON HENRY TANG'S QUESTION, MR ASPREY SAID
THE AND APPEAL
GOVERNMENT WAS REVIEWED EARLIER THIS YEAR, SYSTEM CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURES.
ANYONE AGAINST WHOM A REMOVAL ORDER HAS BEEN MADE CAN LODGE
SUBSEQUENTLY, APPEAL TO THE IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL AND, STATUTORY APPLY FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.
IN
A
CAN
A
NON-STATUTORY
AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CAN LODGE ADDITION, APPEAL WITH THE GOVERNOR, FOR CONSIDERATION ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS.
"SINCE 1980, THESE APPEALS HAVE BEEN DELEGATED TO THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY TO DECIDE AND REPLY ON THE GOVERNOR'S BEHALF.
THE
LIGHT OF ANY
HAS ORDER
BEEN
"FINALLY, THERE EXISTS A REVIEW MECHANISM WITHIN IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TO RECONSIDER ANY CASE IN THE MATERIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER A ISSUED, HE SAID.
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CHANGE IN
REMOVAL
POLICE REGULARLY PATROL HK WATERS
HONG
POLICE LAUNCHES ARE MOUNTING SPECIAL PATROLS EVERY DAY IN KONG WATERS THAT ARE ASSESSED AS LIKELY CRIME AREAS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OFFICERS FROM
NECESSARY, WHERE
THE SMALL BOAT UNIT HELP IN HIS INTERCEPT SUSPICIOUS BOATS, HE TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EDWARD HO.
CARGO AND POLICE HAVE LIAISON WITH THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON
MEASURES THAT TUGBOATS
BOAT TO PUBLICISE PREVENTATIVE ASSOCIATION OWNERS AND OPERATORS CAN TAKE TO MINIMISE THE RISK OF BRING ROBBED.
BEEN PROSECUTED FOR SINCE
58 MAINLAND RESIDENTS HAVE 1993, THEFT AND POSSESSION OF INSTRUMENTS FIT FOR AN UNLAWFUL PURPOSE.
THERE WERE 10 ROBBERIES AT SEA WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS IN 1991, OF THIS FOUR IN 1992, 18 IN 1993 AND THREE IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS YEAR.
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