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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1985

+ LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY OF WELCOMING, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, OUR COUNTERPARTS FROM SHENZHEN TO HONG KONG FOR ONE OF THE REGULAR REVIEWS OF THE PROGRESS OF THE JOINT WORKING GROUPS.+

MR BOYD SAID THAT SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT FERRY SERVICES BETWEEN SHA TIN AND DA AND XIAO MEISHA HAD BEEN

INTRODUCED, AND RECENTLY THE SECOND ROAD BRIDGE AT MAN KAM TO HAD BEEN OPENED TO TRAFFIC.

CURRENTLY WORK CONTINUES ON NEW FACILITIES AT LO WU AND

MAN KAM TO, ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE PLANNED BORDER CROSSING POINT AT LOK MA CHAU, AND ON POLLUTION AND FLOOD CONTROL MATTERS RELATED TO THE SHENZHEN RIVER.

+USEFUL POLICE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN CHINA VISIT+

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FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ROY HENRY'S STATEMENT ON HIS RETURN TODAY (THURSDAY) AFTER Á THREE-DAY VISIT TO CHINA :

FIRST OF ALL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, APOLOGIES FOR BEING FOUR HOURS LATE BUT THERE WERE THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND CLOUDS BETWEEN CANTON AND HERE.

I'VE JUST SPENT TWO DAYS IN BEIJING AND A DAY IN GUANGZHOU AS THE GUEST OF THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU. THIS AROSE FROM THE FACT THAT CHINA, AS YOU KNOW, JOINED INTERPOL LAST YEAR.

IN BEIJING I HELD GENERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH VICE-MINISTER YU LEI OF THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY AND I HELD DETAILED DI SCUSSIONS WITH MR LIU WEN WHO IS HEAD OF THEIR INTERPOL BUREAU AND MR ZHU ENTAO WHO IS DEPUTY HEAD OF THE BUREAU.

OUR DISCUSSIONS WERE BASED ON VERY FUNDAMENTAL PROFESSIONAL POLICE SUBJECTS AND INDEED THE DISCUSSIONS WERE EXTREMELY USEFUL AND VERY CONSTRUCTIVE,

THE MAIN POINTS WHICH WE DISCUSSED IN BEIJING WERE AS FOLLOWS:

FIRST OF ALL, COMMUNICATIONS AND LIAISON, BASICALLY HOW FROM NOW ON WE HERE IN HONG KONG WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU OFFICIALS IN CHINA, ONE OF THE POINTS UNDER THIS HEADING THAT WAS AGREED WAS THE OBVIOUS NEED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SYSTEM OF REGULAR MEETINGS ALTERNATIVELY IN BEIJING AND IN HONG KONG.

/WE AGREED