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ANTI-I PATROLS STEPPED-UP

SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1987

ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS PATROLS AT THE BORDER HAVE BEEN STEPPED UP TODAY (SUNDAY) FOLLOWING A SHARP INCREASE IN ARRESTS OVER THE WEEKEND.

SOME 270 11S HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AT THE BORDER DURING

30 HOURS.

THE PAST

BECAUSE

MANY OF THEM SAID THEY HAD TRIED TO COME TO HONG KONG OF A RUMOUR WHICH SAID THERE WOULD BE AN AMNESTY AS A RESULT OF THE VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER VESTERDAY

(SATURDAY).

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN STRESSED AGAIN TODAY THAT SUCH RUMOURS WERE TOTALLY GROUNDLESS.

"WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TIME AND AGAIN THAT THERE WOULD BF NO AMNESTY FOR 11S. ANY LE CAUGINT ANYWHERE IN UONG KONG WILL. BF SENT BACK.

"THE LATEST RE-CONFIRMAT LON OF THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WHEN HE BORDER ON FRIDAY.

THIS FIRM POLICY CANE

VISITED ARMY UNITS AT THE

FROM

"AS A FURTHER PREVENTIVE NEASURE, ADDITIONAL MILITARY I'NITS WILL BE DEPLOYED TO THE BORDER TONIGHT TO COPE WITH ANY INCREASE IN HI ACTIVITIES.

THE MILITARY AND THE POLICE WILL REMAIN HIGHLY VIGILANT AT THE BORDER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

KING'S ROAD TO BE RECONSTRUCTED

PROGRAMME

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT WILL EMBARK ON AN AMBITIOUS TO RECONSTRUCT ALMOST THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF KING'S ROAD NEXT YEAR.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY A DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING THE RECENT APPOINTMENT OF MESSRS. PETER CONSULTANTS (HK) LTD. AS CONSULTING ENGINEERS,

SPOKESMAN FRAENKEL

/HIGHWAYS ENGINEER