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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1982

MR CHAN SAID THE FAMILY MOVED FROM PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION INTO THE 55-SQUARE METRE FLAT THEY BOUGHT LAST YEAR AND THAT IT TOOK HIM ONLY 45 MINUTES TO GET TO HIS OFFICE IN CENTRAL - HALF AN HOUR'S FERRY RIDE AND ABOUT 15 MINUTES' WALK,

+IT'S QUITE CONVENIENT, HE REMARKED, ADDING THAT THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE FLAT WAS GOOD.

US AND HK OFFICIALS DISCUSS DRUGS AND REFUGEES

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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, LED BY THE US ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR WILLIAM FRENCH SMITH, WHO IS IN HONG KONG ON A THREE-DAY VISIT, MET TODAY WITH OFFICIALS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO DISCUSS NARCOTICS AND VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

THE DISCUSSIONS FOCUSED ON EACH GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS IN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING AND THE INFLUX OF BOAT PEOPLE FROM VIETNAM.

THERE WAS A USEFUL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND EACH GOVERNMENT TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW ATTENTION TO SPECIFIC AREAS OF CONCERN TO THEM.

THE US DELEGATION RAISED THE QUESTION OF TOUGHER MEASURES TO CURB THE TRAFFICKING OF ILLICIT DRUGS INTO THE UNITED STATES WHILE THE HONG KONG OFFICIALS EXPLAINED THE CONTINUING BURDEN OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON HONG KONG AND EXPRESSED THE DESIRE FOR THE US RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME TO CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF DECLINING RESETTLEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ELSEWHERE.

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES AT THE MEETING, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, INCLUDED THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR LEWIS DAVIES, THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, MR RAY ASTIN, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ROY HENRY, THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR DOUGLAS JORDAN AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR PETER LEE.

THE US GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ALSO INCLUDED THE US CONSUL GENERAL IN HONG KONG, MR BURTON LEVIN, THE ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, MR FRANCIS M. MULLEN, JR AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALISATION SERVICE, MR ALAN C. NELSON.

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