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THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1982

CHECKS CONTINUE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

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FORTY-THREE PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF BEING HERE ILLEGALLY HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR INVESTIGATION AS ANTI- ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MEASURES CONTINUE.

IN ANOTHER JOINT OPERATION BY THE POLICE, LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS DURING THE PAST TWO DAYS, MORE THAN 90 000 PEOPLE WERE CHECKED FOR IDENTIFICATION AND 9 586 ESTABLISHMENTS VISITED.

THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE ONGOING TERRITORY-WIDE EFFORT AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

DURING THE TWO-DAY OPERATION, POLICE INCREASED THEIR IDENTIFICATION SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND ALSO CARRIED OUT SPECIAL OPERATIONS IN SUSPECTED AREAS AND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

TEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF FORGED IDENTITY CARDS. ANOTHER 355 PEOPLE WERE SUMMONSED FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY, AND A FURTHER 377 WERE WARNED IN RESPECT OF THIS OFFENCE, WHICH CARRIES A MAXIMUM FINE OF $1 000.

MEANWHILE, LABOUR INSPECTORS VISITED 9 586 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO MAY BE WORKING, AND TO CHECK THAT EMPLOYERS FULFILLED THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

LABOUR INSPECTORS FOUND 35 PEOPLE IN 30 ESTABLISHMENTS WITHOUT PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY, AND REFERRED THEM TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

NINETY-SIX ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND NOT TO BE KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO LET UP IN EFFORTS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. HE REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD BE FINED UP TO $50 000 AND BE JAILED FOR UP TO A YEAR IF THEY WERE FOUND TO BE EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

EMPLOYERS ALSO RISKED A FINE OF $10 000 IF THEY FAILED TO KEEP UP-TO-DATE RECORDS OF EACH OF THEIR EMPLOYEES LISTING THE EMPLOYEE'S NAME, TYPE OF IDENTITY DOCUMENT AND THE NUMBER OF THE DOCUMENT.

DRAGON BEACH RE-OPENS TO PUBLIC

DRAGON BEACH AT 13-1/2 MILESTONE, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, IS NOW RE-OPENED TO THE PUBLIC FOR SWIMMING AND OTHER RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

THE BEACH HAD BEEN CLOSED EARLY LAST MONTH DUE TO A LANDSLIP,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID REMEDIAL WORK AT THE BEACH HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND LIFE-SAVING AND FIRST AID SERVICES ARE NOW PROVIDED AT THE BEACH FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM DAILY.

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