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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1987

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FIGURES GIVEN ON CRIMES COMMITTED BY IMMIGRANTS

CHINA IN 1986, A TOTAL OF 501 IMMIGRANTS FROM

WERE FOUND TO

CRIME HAVE COMMITTED Å

WITHIN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF ARRIVAL SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, SAID LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN

THE THE

THE FIGURE IN 1985 WAS 502, AND IN 1984 IT WAS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR IT WAS 381.

HE 320,

SAID.

JEAFFRESON

TO

KONG

NINE

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI, MR

CHINA SAID THE NUMBERS OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM

WHO WERE FOUND HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES WITHIN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF ARRIVAL IN HONG WERE ONLY 39 IN 1984, 87 IN 1985, 61 IN 1986 AND 48 IN THE FIRST MONTHS OF 1987.

THE

102,000

LEGAL

"THEY WERE THUS A VERY SMALL PROPORTION OF IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA DURING THAT PERIOD, HE ADDED.

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FOUND TO HE SAID THE NUMBERS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA

WITHIN THEIR HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES (OTHER THAN IMMIGRATION OFFENCES)

1986 IN 1984, 415 IN 1985, 440 IN FIRST YEAR OF ARRIVAL WERE 281 333 IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1987.

AND

ΤΟ INTERPRET

3

ΤΟ

MR JEAFFRESON SAID: "THESE FIGURES ARE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE CANNOT KNOW THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO MANAGE EVADE ARREST AT THE BORDER.

THE NUMBER OF "BUT THEY ARE HIGH WHEN COMPARED WITH

EVADERS FROM CHINA WHO WERE EVENTUALLY DISCOVERED IN

KONG AND HONG REPATRIATED: 3,090 IN 1984, 3,394 .N 1985, 3,707 IN 1986, 3,003 IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1987.

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WARNINGS PRINTED ON SACHETS

* * *

CHINESE,

ARB

HON JOHN

MANUFACTURERS ARE ASKED TO PRINT, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND A WARNING ON SACHETS OF DESICCANTS TO THE EFFECT THAT THE SACHETS

HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE SECRETARY FOR NOT EDIBLE, THE CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HON ANDREW REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE

MR WONG,

CHAMBERS FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES ADDED THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY THE SECRETARY THAT THIS REQUIREMENT WAS COMPLIED WITH TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE.

FOUND IN WATER-RESISTANT BROKEN OR TORN APART BY

MR CHAMBERS POINTED OUT THAT THE DESICCANTS NORMALLY

PACKED INSIDE STRONG, PREPACKAGED SNACK FOODS WERE

BE EASILY FIBROUS PAPER WHICH COULD NOT CHILDREN.

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