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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1982

I POLICY STANDS

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THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT CHANGE ITS POLICY TOWARDS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA AND THOSE WHO ARE APPREHENDED ANYWHERE IN HONG KONG WILL BE REPATRIATED.

+THIS SHOULD BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO PEOPLE WHO ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE DECEIVED BY SNAKEHEADS IN ATTEMPTING ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO HONG KONG, THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DENIS BRAY SAID TODAY.

MR BRAY WAS REFERRING TO RUMOURS BEING SPREAD BY SNAKEHEADS ABOUT JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO PAY MONEY FOR BEING SMUGGLED INTO HONG KONG.

UNSCRUPULOUS OPERATORS ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN THE MONEY THEY CAN OBTAIN FROM PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR VICTIMS, HE SAID.

MR BRAY DESCRIBED YESTERDAY'S ANTI-|| OPERATION BY THE POLICE AND THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ON LAMMA ISLAND AND IN CHAI WAN AS A CLEAR ILLUSTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO PURSUE ITS POLICY.

+OPERATIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL CONTINUE. THE GOVERNOR MADE IT PLAIN IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST OCTOBER THAT THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY, MR BRAY SAID.

RUMOURS PUT ABOUT BY SNAKEHEADS THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN AMNESTY WHEN THE NEW I.D. CARDS ARE INTRODUCED NEXT YEAR, ARE ALSO ENTIRELY WITHOUT ANY BASIS OF FACT, HE ADDED.

CONTRACT AWARDED FOR RECLAMATION OF JUNK BAY

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ACT

THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S JUNK BAY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TODAY (FRIDAY) AWARDED A $215 MILLION CONTRACT TO VIANINI LAVORI S.P.A. FOR FIRST RECLAMATION WORKS FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF JUNK BAY.

THE CONTRACT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES ASSOCIATED ACCESS ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS AND PLATFORM FORMATIONS, WAS SIGNED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE JUNK BAY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR NORMAN TUCKER ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AND MR PAOLO RINALDI FOR THE CONTRACTORS.

MR TUCKER SAID THE CONTRACT WOULD INVOLVE THE RECLAMATION OF ABOUT 37 HECTARES OF LAND NEAR TSEUNG KWAN O, MAINLY FOR

THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.

ABOUT 13 HECTARES OF PLATFORMS WILL ALSO BE FORMED AT NEARBY HILLSIDES FOR FURTHER HOUSING SCHEMES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SERVICE RESERVOIRS.

/+THESE WORKS