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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1987

, 1987

FAKE IDENTITY CARD WON'T HELP

AH TANG, A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN

KONG

——

THOUGHT FROM DONGGUAN, WOULD TURN BETTER IN MARCH LAST YEAR WHEN HE ILLEGALLY HIS SECOND ATTEMPT WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS.

HIS ENTERED

LUCK HONG

HERE,

PRISON TERM

BUT HIS WISHFUL THINKING ONLY LED HIM TO ANOTHER ALSO FOR USING AN IDENTITY CARD THAT HE BOUGHT IN CHINA.

THREE DAYS TRYING TO

FOR HE HAD BEEN LIVING A DUBIOUS LIFE FIND A JOB AFTER HAVING SNEAKED ACROSS THE BORDER.

ARMED WITH THE IDENTITY CARD THAT BELONGED TO SOMEBODY ELSE, HE WENT THROUGH THREE DAYS OF ANXIETY HUNTING FOR A JOB.

IN NGAU HIS PROOF OF

AND WHILE HE WAS CONTEMPLATING HIS FUTURE ON A STREET

POLICEMAN SPOTTED HIM AND ASKED FOR TAU KOK, AN ALERT IDENTITY.

THAT IT SOON TURNED OUT

AH TANG WAS IN IDENTITY CARD BEARING A NAME OTHER THAN HIS OWN.

AS A RESULT, HE ENDED UP IN CARD MONTHS FOR USING AN IDENTITY ADMITTED HAVING BOUGHT THE DOCUMENT

OF POSSESSION

AN

FOR 14 PERSON. HE

COURT AND WAS SENT TO JAIL

TO RELATING

ANOTHER FROM A MAN IN CANTON.

PREVIOUSLY

SERVED A IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE HAD

WHEN HE WAS ALSO SENTENCE IN HONG KONG IN AUGUST 1985 USING AN IDENTITY CARD WHICH HE BOUGHT IN CHINA.

CHINA IN AH TANG WAS SENT BACK TO HAVING SERVED HIS SECOND PRISON SENTENCE.

THREE-MONTH CAUGHT

FOR

JANUARY

THIS

YEAR AFTER

HIS EXPERIENCE TYPIFIES UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS BY PEOPLE WHO TRY TO SNEAK INTO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY TRY.

THAT SECURITY

то

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY WARNED

FORCES AT THE BORDER WERE KEEPING THEIR EVER-VIGILANT BYE ON ILLEGALS TRYING COME ACROSS.

"THEY ARE AMPLY AUGMENTED BY OTHER SECURITY FORCES,

HE SAID. POLICEMEN, WHO DO THEIR BEAT IN URBAN AREA,

H

"THE CASE OF AH TANG IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE

WHO AGENCIES

ARE DETERMINED TO THE CONCERNED

IMMIGRANTS.

INCLUDING

ALERTNESS OF FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL

ENTER, IT WOULD

BE

"EVEN IF AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MANAGED TO DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO FIND JOBS, AS WAS THE CASE FOR AH TANG.

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