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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1985
THE SEMINAR, ENTITLED +DRUGS COMMONLY ABUSED IN HONG KONG+, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT. AND THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE. IT IS THE FOURTH OF ITS KIND TO BE HELD IN RECENT MONTHS AND IS AIMED AT PROVIDING OUTREACH SOCIAL WORKERS WITH UP-TO-DATE KNOWLEDGE OF DRUG ABUSE IN HONG KONG SO THAT THEY COULD PLAY AN EFFECTIVE ROLE IN HELPING THE COMMUNITY TO FIGHT THE PROBLEM.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR WERE MR ISAAC CHOW, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, DR S.L. CHAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES; MR STEPHEN CHAN OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICE OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT; AND MISS IVY CHAN, SOCIAL WORKER OF THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE.
TWO SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT
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A PRE-DAWN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA,
THE OPERATION, JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY OFFICERS OF THE INVESTIGATION DIVISION OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND YUEN LONG POLICE STATION, WAS CARRIED OUT SHORTLY BEFORE 6 AM TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN MA TIN TSUEN, YUEN LONG.
A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED INSIDE A HUT WHILE ANOTHER, AGED 30, WAS SUBDUED WHEN TRYING TO ESCAPE IN THE FIELDS.
BOTH ARE BEING DETAINED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY STRESSED THAT SUCH OPERATIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HIDING IN HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE.
+THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THEY WILL BE REPATRIATED WHEREVER THEY ARE FOUND, HE SAID.
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