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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1985
THE FILM CENSORSHIP AUTHORITY WOULD MAKE SPOT CHECKS ON CINEMAS SHOWING SUCH FILMS.
*THE LEVEL AT WHICH CENSORSHIP STANDARDS ARE EVENTUALLY SET WILL DEPEND ON THE FINDINGS OF AN INDEPENDENTLY CONDUCTED PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY, HE ADDED,
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BORDER MEASURES CUTTING DOWN EVADERS
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THERE IS NO SIGN YET OF ANY COMPARABLE INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SURFACING IN HONG KONG, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI, MR THOMAS SAID THE NUMBER OF DAILY ARRESTS MADE AT THE BORDER THIS YEAR SO FAR WAS ABOUT A THIRD HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
+HOWEVER, AND THIS IS AN ENCOURAGING SIGN, THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING THAT THE SECURITY FORCES USING MORE SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT ARE NOW CATCHING AT THE BORDER A HIGHER PROPORTION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THAN BEFORE,+ MR THOMAS SAID.
AS FOR ADDITIONAL MEASURES, MR THOMAS SAID WE COULD DO NO MORE THAN MAINTAIN OUR VIGILANCE AND KEEP UP OUR GUARD.
+WE SHALL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THIS PROBLEM THROUGH THE VAR IOUS CROSS BORDER CHANNELS AVAILABLE TO US. AND WE SHALL CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD TO ANYONE WHO SEEKS TO ENTER HONG KONG ILLEGALLY THAT THE CHANCES OF EVADING CAPTURE ARE VERY SLIM INDEED, HE SAID.
MR THOMAS SAID THE REASONS FOR THE RECENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT AT THE BORDER WERE DIFFICULT TO SPECIFY AND THERE WERE SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ATTEMPTED TO ENTER HONG KONG DUE TO WEATHER, THE HARVEST AND SO ON.
MR THOMAS POINTED OUT THAT RUMOURS CIRCULATING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW IDENTITY CARD WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A GENERAL AMNESTY FOR ANY ILLEGAL RESIDENTS IN HONG KONG MIGHT BE ONE REASON FOR THE INCREASE.
+THIS IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE,+ MR THOMAS SAID, +RUMOURS SUCH AS THIS ARE SPREAD BY THOSE WHO SEEK TO PROFIT FROM THE MISFORTUNE OF WOULD-BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY FOR ANY FOUND TO HAVE ENTERED HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.+
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