TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1984
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EIGHT SUSPECTED II'S HELD IN RAIDS
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EIGHT SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE ARRESTED ON TSING YI ISLAND LAST (MONDAY) NIGHT IN A SPECIAL OPERATION CARRIED OUT BY OFFICERS OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.
THE EIGHT, ALL MEN AGED BETWEEN 20 AND 35, WERE FOUND WHEN IMMIGRATION OFFICERS RAIDED FIVE DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE ISLAND.
ONE OF THEM WAS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF A SUSPECTED FORGED CLD-TYPE IDENTITY CARD, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
A PARTY OF 32 IMMIGRATION OFFICERS, ACTING ON INFORMATION, HAS TAKEN PART IN LAST NIGHT'S RAIDS, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT LAST NIGHT'S OPERATION WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ON-GOING EFFORTS TO FERRET OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HIDING IN HONG KONG.
SIMILAR OPERATIONS WOULD CONTINUE AND THERE WAS NO QUESTION
OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, HE STRESSED.
THE ARRESTED PERSONS WERE BEING DETAINED FOR ENQUIRIES.
COLLECTING PUBLIC VIEWS ON WHITE PAPER
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THE DISTRICT BOARDS OF YAU MA TEI AND MONG KOK WILL HOLD DISCUSSIONS AND SEMINARS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, KAIFONGS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS FROM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY), TO COLLECT VIEWS ON THE WHITE PAPER ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE.
THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD WILL ORGANISE A SEMINAR TOMORROW AT 8 PM IN THE HENRY G. LEONG COMMUNITY CENTRE. RESIDENTS, MEMBERS OF THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND AND EXPRESS THE IR VIEWS.
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THE SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE OF YAU MA TEI WILL DISCUSS THE DOCUMENT AT THEIR MEETING ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 19) AT 3 PM IN THE FOUR SEASONS SUITE OF THE NEW WORLD HOTEL. THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BOWEN LEUNG WILL SIT IN AT THE MEETING. COMMENTS FROM THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WILL THEN BE FORWARDED TO THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE.
/THE BOARD
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