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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1985

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

AND RELATED TRADES

98.0

100.3

100.1

WHOLESALE/RETAIL AND

102.0

105.2

104.6

IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES

TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND

102.1

103.6

102.9

COMMUNICATION

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

102.0

104.1

103.6

AND INSURANCE

ALL SECTORS ABOVE

101.4

103.1

102.7

ALL INDEXES ARE ROUNDED TO ONE DECIMAL PLACE,

TWO SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HELD

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TWO MEN SUSPECTED OF BEING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WERE ARRESTED IN YUEN LONG IN A SPECIAL OPERATION CARRIED OUT BY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS YESTERDAY (THURSDAY).

THE TWO, AGED 30 AND 36 WERE BEING DETAINED FOR QUESTIONING,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

OF THE 1 400 PERSONS CHECKED FOR IDENTIFICATION, NINE FAILED TO CARRY PROOF OF IDENTITY. THE NINE WERE BEING INVESTIGATED WITH A VIEW TO PROSECUTION, HE SAID.

FORTY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS HAD TAKEN PART IN YESTERDAY'S OPERATION ON 88 ESTABLISHMENTS, INCLUDING FACTORIES, RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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