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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1965

HE ASSURED MR K.C. CHAN THAT, AS ALWAYS, THE AMENDMENTS SOUGHT HAD BEEN MOST CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BEFORE THEY WERE PUT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

+THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER A RESPONSE TO THE ONE ELUSIVE PERSON ASPIRING TO A SEAT ON THIS COUNCIL TO WHICH MR CHAN MADE REFERENCE, HE SAID.

SEVERAL ROBBERS HIT IN GUN BATTLE, LEGCO TOLD

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SEVERAL ROBBERS WERE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN HIT IN THE EXCHANGE OF FIRE WITH POLICE DURING THE ROBBERY OF THE TIME WATCH COMPANY AT 54 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON ON MAY 1, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

+WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT CASUALTIES THE ROBBERS SUFFERED. BUT WE ARE PRETTY SURE SEVERAL OF THEM WERE HIT, HE SAID.

RESPONDING TO A REQUEST BY THE HON PETER C. WONG FOR A STATEMENT ABOUT THE ROBBERY, MR JEAFFRESON SAID IT WAS +PROFESSIONALLY PLANNED AND RUTHLESSLY EXECUTED+,

HE ASSURED THE COUNCIL THAT NO EFFORT WAS BEING SPARED +TO BRING THESE VICIOUS CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE.+

MR JEAFFRESON SAID THAT THE POLICE HAD OBTAINED INFORMATION THAT AN ARMED ROBBERY OF THE COMPANY WAS BEING PLANNED. BUT WHILE THIS INFORMATION WAS CORRECT IN ESSENCE, IT WAS INACCURATE AND VERY SCANTY IN VITAL RESPECTS, INCLUDING WHEN IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THIS FACT, HE SAID, HAD A DIRECT BEARING ON THE EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED.

ON THE BASIS OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION, THE POLICE DETERMINED THE IR STRATEGY AND PLANNED THEIR TACTICS WITH GREAT CARE, AND SET UP AMBUSHES IN SEVEN LOCATIONS AROUND THE TARGET PREMISES.

SHORTLY AFTER 10.15 PM ON MAY 1, MR JEAFFRESON SAID, A GANG OF SIX PERSONS STORMED INTO THE SHOP AND SECURED BOTH THE PREMISES AND THE STREET IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.

/THEY WERE