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EMPLOYING DIFFERENT MEANS OF DETECTION, THE SPECIAL

INVESTIGATION SECTION HAS BEEN ABLE TO SMASH THE SYNDICATES INVOLVED IN FORGED HONG KONG PASSPORTS AND IS CONFIDENT IT HAS BROUGHT THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.

BUT WITH THE DECLINE OF HONG KONG PASSPORT FORGERIES, HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT TO FORGERIES OF PASSPORTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING PORTUGUESE, BOLIVIAN, THAI, PHILIPPINES AND SINGAPORE PASSPORTS, MR MAK SAID.

BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1984 AND JULY THIS YEAR. MR MAK SAID, CASES OF GENUINE PORTUGUESE PASSPORTS BEARING FALSE STATEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS HAD BEEN DETECTED.

SIMILARLY, MORE THAN 10 BLANK BOLIVIAN PASSPORTS WERE FOUND WHEN IMMIGRATION OFFICERS RAIDED THE HOME OF A FORGER EARLY THIS YEAR.

FURTHER CHECKS SHOWED. THAT A NUMBER OF BLANK PORTUGUESE AND BOLIVIAN PASSPORTS HAD EARLIER BEEN REPORTED LOST AND WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE FALLEN INTO THE HANDS OF SYNDICATES, MR MAK EXPLAINED.

MUCH OF THE INVESTIGATIVE WORK BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT DEPENDS FOR ITS SUCCESS ALSO ON THE FULL COOPERATION OF THE VARIOUS CONSULATES AND OTHER OFFICES HERE, MR MAK SAID.

POINTING OUT THE HIGH RISK OF DETECTION, MR MAK SAID THE FORGERS AND PEOPLE WHO USE FORGED DOCUMENTS FACED PENALTIES RANGING FROM SIX TO 12 MONTHS JAIL WITH FINES OF $2 000 FOR THE USERS, AND TWO OR THREE YEARS WITH FINES OF $10 000 FOR THE FORGERS.

BOTANICAL GARDENS HERALD NEW LOOK

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WORK ON THE RESTORATION OF THE FOUNTAIN TERRACE AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES AT ONE OF HONG KONG'S LANDMARKS THE ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.

THE FORMER FOUNTAIN TERRACE AND OTHER GARDEN FACILITIES INCLUDING THE REFRESHMENT KIOSK, THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AND THE GATEPOSTS WERE DEMOLISHED IN LATE 1982 TO MAKE WAY FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROOF SLAB OF THE GARDEN ROAD SERVICE RESERVOIR.

THE NEW FOUNTAIN IS IT FEATURES FOUR

UNDER THE RESTORATION PROJECT, SQUARE-SHAPED AND HAS THREE TIERS. DANDELION JET UNITS ON TOP OF THE FOUNTAIN, SUCH AS THOSE IN THE WATERFRONT GARDEN, AND 34 FOAM AND MUSHROOM TYPE WATER JETS AT THE LOWER SECTION.

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