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JULY 4

LL THESE

ES APE

+ 'F -AAY PEFITS, THERE'S STRUCK OFF THIR RESTRAT

THEIR WARE LACS.+

SITIO PATIENTLY IN CHINA FOR DIC..ON THAT THEY HAVE BE FATEVER THE T-4 13 AFTER

MR YEUNG SAID HE COULD NOT SAY A LING I TOOK FOR SOMEONE TO GET A ONE-WAY PERMIT.

+BUT WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OBTAINING ONE-WAY PERMITS IN A FEW ONTHS, SOME PEOPLE OBT. INING IT IN A FEW YEARS.

+1 CAN ONLY SAY THAT THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES MUST BE EXAMINING EACH CASE ON TS MERITS AND GRANTING THE PRIORITY THAT THE CASE IS DUE, HE SAID.

+

EXPLAINING THE BACKGROUND OF THE +BOAT BRIDE ISSUE, YEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED SEVERAL YEARS THAT BECAUSE OF

THERE WAS A THE SPECIAL NATURE OF THE JOBS GF SHERMEN PRACTICAL NEED FOR THEM TU PLY FREJENTLY BETWEEN HO. KONG AND CHINA AND THERE WERE DIFFICULTIES IN POLICING THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF THEIR BOATS THE PRESENCE OF THESE +504T BRIDES+ WERE TOLERATED IN HONG KONG-TERS AS LONG AS THEY WERE ENGAGED IN FISHING AND AS LONG AS THEY DID NOT COME ASHORE.

HE SAID THEY WERE TREATED AS THE CREW OF THE FISHING BOAT>.

+ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT HAVE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, WE ALLOW THEM TO COME IN AND WORK Y T-S BOATS.

+THIS IS NORMAL PRACTICE ON HOW WE TREAT CREA MEMBERS FROM EVEN OCEAN-GOING VESSELS.

+CREW MEMBERS WHO HAVE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WHICH QUALIFY THEM FOR LANDING WILL BE LANDED ACCORDING TO THEIR DOCUMENTS.

+THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE VALID "RAVEL DOCUMENTS FOR HONG KONG WILL BE CONFINED ON BOARD AND WILL HAVE TO LEAVE WHEN THE VESSELS LEAVE, HE SAID.

DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES' REGISTRATION REVOKED

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THE COMMISSIONER OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES HAS REVOKED THE REGISTRATION OF 14 DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES WHICH HAD EFFECTIVELY CEASED BUSINESS AND HAD STOPPED TAKING ANY DEPOSITS.

THE COMMISSIONER'S ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE COURSE OF A REVIEW INTO THE OPERATION OF DTCS IN HONG KONG TO ENSURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES CRDINANCE.

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